An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, Scenery, Character.

Child, Frank Samuel [William Tecumseh Sherman]

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1895

About this Item

Limited edition de Luxe of this sketch of Old New England towns; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles and tooling in six compartments within gilt raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Judge Roger M. Sherman, illustrated with tissue-guarded black and white photographs. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper. One of three hundred copies, this is number 146. In very good condition with some rubbing to the extremities. General William Tecumseh Shermanâ s son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of Labor. He transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria â Minnieâ Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, this book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Seller Inventory # 146273

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Old New England Town: Sketches of Life, ...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1895

Binding: Hardcover

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition