Item #140941612 Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian. Thomas Preston.
Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian
Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian
Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian

Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of an Octogenarian

Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Co., 1900.

First edition. Presentation copy signed by Thomas L. Preston on the front free endpaper in the year of his death, 1903, to former owners, also named Preston. 170 pp. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, spine stamped in blind. Very Good with rubbing along edges,slightly bumped corners, a few tiny marginal markings. The author enlisted with the Confederacy at age 47 and served for year before focusing his efforts on the University of Virginia as a rector there. Uncommon signed. Item #140941612

Price: $250.00

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