Defend Valley Shenandoah Family by Colt Margaretta, First Edition (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine and bright in a fine and bright jacket - looks new with no wear or markings. Illustrated section.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Date on FFEP. A few scraps to tail of DJ spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Light shelfwear on the jacket. Price Clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed xxi+441pp, frontis, photos, maps, illus, index, dj nice Fascinating reading, many Custer references.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Pub by Orion Books, 1994, stated 1st Edition, incl complete Printing Line. NOT exLib. Near-Fine cond. hardcover w/ Fine unclipped ($35.00) pict dustjacket. Light blue bds, 1/2 orange cloth w/ bright silver lettering on spine. P/O's brief Christmas inscription in tiny hand on title page, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. Illustrated in b&w. 441pp incl index. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean except as noted, overall NF/F cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very light wear to head, heel of spine; small red remainder dot on bottom page edges; dust jacket is lightly scuffed with wea r to head, heel of spine.

Condition: Good. 1994. First Edition. 441 pages. Signed by the author. Blue and brown illustrated dust jacket over quarter bound brown cloth with blue paper covered boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Signed by the author to front endpaper. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout.Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with DJ. Blue paper over boards with orange cloth over spine. Illustrated DJ with black lettering. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1994, stated First Edition. 441 pages. In very good condition. Covers are clean, if a bit faded. Gentle bumping at head and foot of spine. DJ is faded, with some smudging along spine and at upper edge of front covers. A bit of shelf-wear at head and foot of spine. Fits snug to boards. SIGNED and inscribed by author Margaretta Barton Colt on front free endpaper, "For Elsa Schemmer". Previous owner's last name written in pen along bottom edge of pages. Pages otherwise free of marks or tears throughout. Binding is strong. A very good, clean copy overall, signed by the author. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. 1994 Hard Cover. xv, [7], 441 pp. "Excerpts from the journals, letters, and memoirs of the Barton and Jones families of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley provide a firsthand glimpse of ordinary people caught up in the hardships of the Civil War." CONTENTS: Valley at Peace: The Family; Valley At War: April-July 1861. Harpers Ferry. First Battle of Manassas; August-December 1861: On the Potomac and Back in the Valley; January-May 1862: Beth Romney Campaign. First Federal Occupation of Winchester. Battle of Kernstown; McDowell Campaign; May-June 1862: First Battle of Winchester; Battle of Port Republic; Summer 1862: Wichester Reoccupied; Battle of Gaine's Mill; September-December 1862: Winchester Returned to the Confederacy; Fredericksburg Campaign; January-May 1863: Winter Quarters; Letters from Occupied Winchester and Field; Chancellorsville; May-July 1863: More Letters under Occupation; Second Battle of Winchester; Liberation and Family Reunited; July-September 1863: Winchester Between the Lines; October-December 1863: Family at Springdale, Campaigning in the Wilderness; January-June 1864: Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania; Battle of the New Market; July-September 1864: Early's Valley Campaign; Third Battle of Winchester; October 1864 - April 1865: Last Battles in the Valley; Final Campaign in Eastern Virginia; Devastated Valley: Family Dispersed.

First Edition with 1 in the numberline; 8vo; cloth backed boards, hardcover; xv, 441 pages; black & white illustrations; Signed and inscribed "for xxxxx Margaretta Barton Colt"; a fine, clean, tight copy in a fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xv+441pp. Illus. in text. Fore-edge just slightly dusty. Two prominent families united by marriage, the Bartons and the Joneses, witnessed the Civil War in all its fury from their homes in the Shenandoah Valley, the heartland of the Confederacy. In this remarkable book, one of their descendants has gathered and edited the papers of twenty family members to tell the moving story of ordinary people engulfed by extraordinary events. The family sent eleven sons into battle, most in the legendary brigade led by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Letters and diaries from the home front reveal the courage with which the women handled the households and the struggle they faced to maintain their farms and businesses in the once prosperous valley. Well illustrated. Select Bibliography and Index. (May require additional postage on overseas orders).

COLT, Margaretta Barton. Defend the Valley: A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War. New York: Orion Books, [1994]. 1st ed. xx,441pp. Illus., portraits, maps. Orig. cloth-backed boards, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. The papers of the Barton and Jones families of the Shenandoah Valley. In Taller Cotton 41.