Major Robert Stiles (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unmarked hardcover no jacket. Boards and spine show some wear. Gift inscription dated 1923 on flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. The boards are rubbed with small stains, with some bumping to the edges, small rips and fraying to both ends of spine. Tanning and marked page edges, label to inside cover and pen marks. The binding is firm. The pages are clean with some tanning with mild foxing and appear crease free. This book has 368 pages. All in all a nice example of this book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Four Years Under Marse Robert by Major Robert Stiles. Hardcover published in 1910 by The Neale Publishing Company. Fourth printing. Spine end darkened with some moisture staining on back board. Evidence of moisture staining on page ends that does not extend to the pages themselves. Previous owner has taped a typed description of the book on the front pastedown. Slight hint of spine separation in front of book back hinge still solid.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. Second Edition. SECOND EDITION - Fifth Thousand, in gray boards with gilt titling and pictorial onlay on cover, frontis. of General Lee, detailed table of contents, 368pp. Howes #S-1004. Krick #483. Nevins I, p. 164. Dornbusch II, #1125. Good with some soiling; hinges cracked but holding (easy repair); foxing on page edges. Major Stiles graduated from Yale in 1859 and served with the Richmond Howitzers as Major in the Army of Northern Virginia. Krick: "Perspicacious account of war experiences is a classic Confederate book. Stiles saw most of the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia and was able to provide perceptive remarks on most of its prominent officers based on first hand experience." From Nevins: "An informative and entertaining memoir by a very intelligent member of Lee's army; particularly good for the 1864-1865 campaigns.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Hardback in good contition. Some foxing to endpages, interior clean.

8Vo Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd ed. 368pp. Olive boards, golden lettering, sepia pastedown on front board, includes clear plastic protective wrap. Text is clean on unmarked, uncreased pages. Hinges are intact, textblock is square with pointed corners. Moderate overall shelf/timewear, boardwear, spine sunning; foxing on inner boards, endpapers, and textblock edges, page patina throughout, p199/200 has a miscut foredge. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Major Robert Stiles joined the Richmond Howitzers in 1861.This is an account of his war experiences and a classic Confederate book. This is the second edition and an outstanding read. Both the first and second editions are difficult to come across. Signed by a previous owner on the front flyleaf.…