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Published by Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D. C., 1973
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Publisher's biege cloth. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Not Price Clipped (20.00). First Edition. Washington, D. C.: Columbia Historical Society, 1973. Near Fine condition in bright, Near Very Good Dust Jacket (one 25 cent-size chip, a few tiny closed tears). No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Well illustrated with photos, drawings, maps, prints, document facsimiles, etc. Contains 35 essays including: BASEBALL REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON'S JESSE "NIP" Winters: "HOW I STRUCK OUT BABE RUTH AND BEAT LEFTY GROVE" by Jesse Winters and John Holway; SHIPBUILDING IN VIRGINIA, 1763-1774 by William M. Kelso; ALBERT GALLATIN IN WASHINGTON, 1801-1813 by Richard Mannix; GILBERT STUART IN WASHINGTON by Charles Merrill Mount; BEHIND PRISON WALLS: THE OPERATION OF THE DISTRICT PENITENTIARY, 1831-1862 by David K. Sullivan; DEFENDING WASHINGTON DURING THE CIVIL WAR by Benjamin Franklin Cooling; THE BLACK MILITIA IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1867-1898 by Martin K. Gordon. . First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's biege cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (20.00). Thick 8vo. xxv, 846pp.