FIRST EDITION of both volumes in navy cloth with embossed edge and gilt titling, gilt top edges, detailed table of contents, illustrations (listed), appendix, index, 511pp. - Vol. I, 584pp. - Vol. II. Very Good or better - Vol. I - reare hinge starting; Vol. II - two bookplates on front pastedown; no marking in either volume. Foraker talks about the Andrews raiders (Andrews Railroad Raid - April 1862) and the monument in their honor in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 30th, 1891. Includes the address of ex-Governor Foraker. Interesting reference to encountering General George Armstrong Custer and his wife with Custer's division just before entering Alexandria, Virginia at the end of the Civil War. Seller Inventory # 7865

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Title: Notes of a Busy Life (Two Volumes)

Publisher: Stewart & Kidd, Cincinnati, Ohio

Publication Date: 1916

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket

Edition: First Edition.

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A lifelong collector, I am selling some of my inventory to make room for my own new purchases. My collecting interests includes a wide variety of subjects, with emphasis in the American West (both non-fiction and fiction), Custer, natural history, Pennsylvania history, antiques, exploration, horticulture and 20th/21st century first editions. New listings regularly. Please contact with any questions on listings or interests you have.

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