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1868754691868. MCGUIRE Judith W. DIARY OF A SOUTHERN REFUGEE During The War by a Lady of Virginia. New York: E.J. Hale & Son 1868. Second edition. Small 8vo. brown cloth title gilt-stamped to spine. Pencil ownership to tp. Spine and boards are rubbed and edgeworn; spine covering severed along front joint and chipped at perimeters. Newspaper clippings mounted to front endpapers; some also laid in. Interesting 19th century pencil notations throughout by a previous owner who did not agree with the author's viewpoints. This is a scarce edition being offered as is. unknown books
188557264Richmond VA.: West Johnston & Co. Very Good. 1885. Paperback. 77pp. tan printed wrappers slightly chipped and stained else very good. . West, Johnston, & Co. paperback books
18424944Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard 1842. First Edition. i - viii 9 - 301 pp.; 14 pp. publisher's catalog bound in at rear of volume. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cloth; spine a trifle soiled occasional light foxing; else fine. Inscription: "C.L. Ewing. Cameron St. Alexandria. 1842" on front pastedown. First Edition. i - viii 9 - 301 pp.; 14 pp. publisher's catalog bound in at rear of volume. 1 vols. 8vo. Includes a gothic tale of about 160 pages<br/><br/>MM#95. Wright I 2124 Lea & Blanchard unknown books
188956265Richmond VA: J. W. Randolph 1889. Third edition with corrections and additions. The first edition of 1867 had 360 pages. 8vo pp. 372. Bound calf backed boards both covers separate spine calf gone Inscribed on the endpaper: "Mr. J. R. Collidge Jr from Munay M McGuire one of the "Little Grandchildren" to whom this book is dedicated Richmond Va Setptember - 1903" Howes M-107. In Tall Cotton 120. Coulter 310. "Detailed on conditions in Richmond where the writer served for a time as a clerk in the commissary department" Nevins II p. 196. J. W. Randolph unknown books
186863619New York: E. J. Hale & Son 1868. Second edition first published the previous year. 12vo. 360 pp. Howes M-107. McGuire 18130-1897 fled Alexandria Virginia with her husband in 1861 eventually settling in Richmond for the duration of the conflict. "The diary clearly shows the upheavals and hardships war caused for elite families. She describes the scarcity of housing food and clothing . in particular she notes the toll the war took on women who were often left without financial support as widows orphans and refugees" "Women in the American Civil War" I p. 387. Nevins II p. 196: "Detailed on conditions in Richmond where the writer served for a time as a clerk in the commissary department." In Tall Cotton 120. Coulter 310. Not in Nicholson. South to Posterity p. 221. Very good. Original brown patterned cloth nicely rebacked with the original spine laid down. 9944. <br/><br/> E. J. Hale & Son hardcover books