COOKE, John Esten.

Wearing of the Gray

Item #82186

COOKE, John Esten. Wearing of the Gray; Being Personal Portraits, Scenes and Adventures of the War. New York, E. B. Treat & Co., 1867. 1st ed. 8vo. 601 pp., frontis., plates. Rebound in later cloth, all plates present as called for. Contents generally foxed and spotted. Nevertheless as solid copy in very good condition or nearly so. Howes C-735. Nevins calls this book "Cooke's most famous volume and the closest thing to an autobiography of his war career; much information on Jackson, Stuart, and other Confederate leaders" Nevins I, p.74. In Taller Cotton, 45.

Price: $150.00