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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Original red cloth with gilt lettering. Light fraying of cloth at top of spine. Otherwise, light wear. 123 pages + 63 pages of plates featuring portraits of distinguished Kentuckians. Signed twice by J. Stoddard Johnston on separate front endpapers. The first signature is accompanied by "Louisville, KY". The second signature, dated Nov. 23, 1906, is part of an inscription by the author to the Commercial Club Library. A small plate on the inside front cover reads: "Greater Louisville Exposition, Louisville Authors, Given by Commercial Club." J. Stoddard Johnston served in the Confederate army as a distinguished staff officer to Gens. Bragg, Buckner and John C. Breckinridge during the Civil War, rising to the rank of Lt. Colonel; as Kentucky Secretary of State from 1875-79, and as Vice-President of the Louisville Filson Club from 1893 to his death in 1913. Rare volume and very rare signature. Signed by Author(s).…