Lois E Darroch (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first edition of a near fine hardcover in a good dustjacket with wear to the extremities and some chipping at the top and bottom of the spine. The story of four Canadian brothers who go to school in Cleveland and end up joining the Union forces against the Confederacy. This copy is signed by the author on the title page and has a certification on the ffep #404/1000. As you can see in one of the pictures the publisher rubber stamped over McBain Publications. I'm assuming they bought McBain out. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 317 pp., b/w illustrations and photographs. No. 461 of 1000 copies. Inscribed to original owner on title page. Family diaries and letters tell the story of four brothers from Oxford County, Canada West, who joined the Union forces against the Confederacy. Boards show small mark on back panel, otherwise fine. Unclipped dust jacket shows minor edge wear, one short tear (3/8"). Signed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` A Gripping Story of a Canadian Family Caught Up in the American Civil War '. READ more Harper's Ferry, Manassas Gap railroad, White Sulphur Springs, Long Bridge, General Burnside, artillery, anti-slavery, Toroto Globe, and Harding. The action transpires (mostly) between Cleveland, Ohio and Wolverton, Ontario. Some of the actual letters of 4 young Canadians are reproduced on pages 149 ti 155, however the author has taken the (fiction) liberty to conjoin four strangers in these 315 pages. Section of b/w photographs at centre. Author has signed (1985) the title page.Cond : Paper wrapper is brown with orange lettering. Cover illustration is of the U.S. east coast - think: Hamilton (Ontario), Antietam, Gettysburg and Atlanta. Four inset photographs of young soldiers. Tight and square in binding. No names nor marks. Light general wear. QUote (p. 111) : " If there were days when Alfred felt like flotsam and jetsam, his situation was only paralleling that of the ship of state. Early in November old General Winfield Scott had resigned and been replaced as commander-in-chief of the army by dashing George McClellan. Watching one of ._._._. . ' Size: 8vo. B/W Photographs (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited edition.

Edition : First, Paper boards and dust-jacket., Size : 8vo Signed by author.Book and dust-jacket in very good condition. 536 of 1000 signed copies.