A GRANDFATHER'S LEGACY; CONTAINING A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND OBITUARY NOTICES OF SOME MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, TOGETHER WITH LETTERS FROM HIS FRIENDS.

Corcoran, W[illiam] W[ilson].

Verlag: Henry Polkinhorm, printer, 1879

Beschreibung

551, [ix] pp. Bound in one-half leather with marbled paper endpapers. Signed by Corcoran. The privately-printed limited edition is the prime source for the details surrounding this 19th century banker / philanthropist. As a Southern sympathizer, he left America in 1862 and did not return until the end of the Civil War. He gave considerable gifts to institutions in Virginia and Washington, D. C. that were left improverished in the wake of the Civil War. Among the "letters" section of this text are several from Robert E. Lee. An uncommon title. Front hinge tender but otherwise a near fine copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48613

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A GRANDFATHER'S LEGACY; CONTAINING A SKETCH ...

Verlag: Henry Polkinhorm, printer

Erscheinungsdatum: 1879

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very good

Auflage: First edition.