Guittoneau benjamin

1899 · 119852 — Louisville KY: Courier-Journal Job Printing Company 1899. Hardbound. See description. Full embossed leather spine gone. All edges are gilt. 560 pp. few illustrations. This copy though in dire need of rebinding spine gone covers off text block intact and solid is unique in that it bears a dedication bookplate stating as follows: to The Confederate Soldiers' Home Pikesville MD from John Brown Sons May 2 1908" written in contemporary ink. John Brown and Sons was a Hardware and Machinests' Supplies firm on Pratt Street in Baltimore and their letterhead makes up the bookplate. Possibly related directly to the Abolishonist thus a unique association piece. Certainly associated to the hardware store where the first man to die in the Civil War was removed to after he was shot but before he died and where he was given first aid by the store owner. Courier-Journal Job Printing Company hardcover