Houck Peter W (27 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Warwick House Publishing, VA. Lynchburg, Virginia was chosen to be a medical center for the Confederate Army. Lynchburg was a prototype of the railroad town that became home to a major hospital . The concept of using the railroad system to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield to hospital cities was one of the medical milestones of the Civil War. Good+ copy of the soft bound edition. There is a fold line on the binding. 228 pages.…

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Rev. ed. viii, 136 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Includes index. previous owner's name blacked out. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. Inside cover/first page is fair SC 352.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0898705363.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Warwick House Publishing, VA. The diary is truly covers Craighill's time in West Point. His academy classmates included Generals Philip Sheridan, John Bell Hood, and James McPherson. He finished as the number two cadet in his class. The vast majority of the book, 447 pages, covers the West Point years. During the Civil War Craighill served in the engineers. He had three brothers serve in the Confederate Army. Very good copy of the first edition in a very good dust jacket. 576 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. like new except a little tanning to outside pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Softcover. 228 pages. Illustrated with black and white photos. SIGNED by the author. Several stains front cover with a scrape. Scraped stain back cover lower right which extends to small area bottom of spine. Interior fine. (R1). Signed by Author(s). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - very good.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dampness has seeped into more than just the cover. Some pages are falling out. Moderate shelf wear. Large crease(s) in the cover. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (virginia, VA, US history, guides) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First issue of Lynchburg, Virginia local history journal. Softcover, light wear to covers. Contents clean and tight. 31 pages, color and b&w photos and illus. Contents include: Thomas Jefferson?s trip to Natural Bridge; History of Milling in Lynchburg; Poet Anne Spencer; Virginia & Tennessee Railroad; Thomas Jefferson?s escape to Geddes Farm.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; signed by Eleanor Read, a relative of Craighill.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Beige cloth over boards with black lettering on front cover and spine. No date on title page, copyright page dated 1986. 228 pages. In very good condition. Cover is clean and sharp. Binding is strong and square. Pages are free of marks, folds, or tears. Overall in great shape. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper. Some black and white illustrations featured throughout. Signed by Author(s). …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The use of railroads to evacuate hoards of woulded soldiers from the battlefield to hospital cities was a medical milestone in the civil war. Railroad cities like Lynchburg transformed into Confederate hospital cities. A nice tight copy with minimal soiling of white covers, one dogeared type crease on back cover.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 106 pps, hardbound, 2nd edition, F/none, super clean and binding tight -- no markings found -- NOT EXLIB.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. (Civil War, Generals, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. 228 pp. Original white pictorial wraps, moderately soiled w/ mild edge wear. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents very nice.

Condition: Good. Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House Publishing, 1993. 8vo. v,576pp. Illus. Good book. Good dust jacket. Dust jacket mildly soiled on back panel near flap fold; worn at folds. Inside of DJ slightly dampstained; boards mottled. Negligible shelfwear. Inquire if you need further information.

Soft cover. Condition: VG/VG/ND. No Jacket. 1st Thus. SOFTBACK "AUTHOR SIGNED AND DEDICATED," SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1986* Publisher: Warwick House Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Black and white line drawing to soft card covers with red and black titles showing Lynchburg's lower basin. Some shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Some slight damage at lower front cover near the spine. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Author's dedication and signature, "To Colin Byfoul". Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning. Very slight damp damage to lower corners of appendix pages. VG* Illustrations: A few colour plates and numerous b/w photos, line drawn illustrations, facsimiles and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 138 pp. text. 90 pp. appendices, notes, bibliography & index at rear.* Product Description:- Virginia's history is replete with Civil War stories of what happened on the battlefields, particularly in the eastern part of the state. The aftermath of these battles and the behind-the-scenes stories occurring in Confederate hospitals have received scant attention by comparison. One of the forty Southern hospital-towns stands out as a prototype of a Confederate medical centre with rail links into the battlefield: the city of Lynchburg, Virginia.* This is a VG Author Signed, copy of the 1st./1st. thus, Lynchburg Centennial edition, with some minor faults.*.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Light creasing and chipping to the dust jacket. Minor wear to the boards. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Previous owner address label on front endpaper; Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ has moderate edge wear with scuffing and light tearing along the edges. Boards have light shelf rubbing to scuffing and bumping. Binding is tight. Endpages have light scuffing and smudging. Front end page has previous owners name whited out. Page edges have light scuffing and smudging with moderate age-toning. Interior pages are unmarked, Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.…