Lieutenant General John Schofield (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy. Brown reinforcement tape on spine and at edges of cover. White reinforcement tape on front hinge. Frontispiece has a two inch closed tear. Small worn spot on spine. military hist.

Paperback. Condition: VG. Reprint. Bump to head of spine. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Spine not creased. Originally published New York: Century & Co., 1897. 577pp. Book.

hardcover. Condition: As New. ***Please Read*** No marks on text - My shelf location 72-E-12*.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. 577 pages, frontis, new end-papers, maps, index, top edge gilt, slight exterior wear. Civil War, Indian Wars, Ghost Dance, Modoc War, etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Small bookplate to front free endpage, else unmarked. Pages are bright. Binding firm. Light external wear, with some bumping to corners. A nice, well-preserved copy overall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. 577 pages, frontispiece, maps, index, top edge gilt, slight exterior wear. Civil War, Indian Wars, Ghost Dance, Modoc War, etc. Covers lightly spotted, corners rubbed. Except for occasional penciled comments (which are actually quite interesting), internally a good copy. Unfortunately, the picture between page 16 and 17 has pulled out. It is laid in but when closed extends slightly beyond the edge of the book. the Lower right corner page xi-xii and a small piece from the following page along the edge missing, probably the result of careless opening; text not affected. See Nevins. Vol. I, pg. 156. Nevins did not especially like this work but it is a scarce biography of an officer who participated in the Civil War and many of the Indian wars that defined the last have of the 19th century. A nice copy overall. Schofield (1831-1906), born in NY, attended West Point. During the Civil War he won the Medal of Honor while serving in Missouri. Schofield later commanded the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Ohio. He served as military governor of Virginia and briefly Secretary of War. He scouted the Hawaiian Islands for an Army base, which later became Pearl Harbor. He also served as superintendent of West Point. A HEAVY BOOK ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Sm4to. [xvi] 577pps. Very good, first edition book. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP. Narrow-ribbed brown cloth covered boards with blind-stamped borders around edges of front and back panels; gilt-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Upper page edges are gilt. External lower edges are untrimmed, side edges are rough trimmed. and both are age- and likely soil-darkened. Several scuffs on panels and spine, diagonal scrape at upper right corner of back panel. Edges at head and tail of board spine have crimps and horizontal creases, rubbed but not fraying. Fore-edge corner tips are scuffed, very small rub-through on the lower, right front tip. Back inside gutter has crack of 2 3/16". Gutter is cracked at pp. xii-xiii, pp. 16-17 and pp. 288-289. Pencilled margin mark on page 13. Faint damp stains along the upper margin edges off and on through-out the book, heaviest varies from approx. 1/8"-1/2" (adjacent to the gutter) by 2 1/2." The slightly duller areas of the upper edge photo is an indication of the pages impacted. Text pages are age-toned. Light intermittent foxing. Spine block is loose from the boards but held in place by the endpapers. Also includes a 4-page advertisement pamphlet. Photos are intended as part of the descriptions. Please use close-up options for best inspection. Additional photos available at your request. From: Kansas City Public Library, Civil War on the Western Border: John M. Schofield served as the senior Union Army officer in Missouri during part of the war, as both commander of the Army of the Frontier and the Department of Missouri. In 1864, he joined William T. Sherman's forces in Georgia and led one of the three federal armies in the Atlanta Campaign and subsequent "March to the Sea." Detached to protect the federal position in Tennessee, he successfully fought John Bell Hood's remnants at the Battles of Franklin and Nashville. Photos are intended as part of the descriptions. Please use close-up options for best inspection. Additional photos available at your request.