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Invictus, 2000. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Cover has edge wear, creases, minor scratches, minor scuffs, rubbed/bent cover/page corners, rubbed spine. No writing..

Marceline, Missouri, U.S.A.: Walsworth Publishing Co., 1979. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged with tracking.

Carleton, 1979. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Minim.

Paperback. Very Good.

G.W. Dillingham Company, New York, 1905. 7.5" X 5" in brown cloth with gilt lettering. Lightly soiled, both hinges cracking. Otherwise, excellent: about FAIR+ to GOOD-. 320pp.. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Biloxi MS: Beauvoir Jefferson Davis Shrine. Fine. 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pages .

PRISON LIFE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS ReprintBy John J. Craven M.D. 214 pages, hardcoverDid you know that a Yankee soldier saved the life of Confederate President Jefferson Davis? Between May 24, 1865, and December 25, 1865, Union surgeon John J. Craven was assigned to care for the newly arrested Davis, imprisoned at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. Dr. Craven immediately demanded that his superiors put an end to Davis' barbaric treatment, and set about making improvements in the prisoner's conditions that included new clothing, a fresh nutritious diet, current reading material, and daily outdoor exercise.
These betterments changed the course of history. Thanks to the doctor's kindly nature and attentive care, Davis was brought back from the brink of death and went on to live another 22 years, throughout which he vigorously defended the South and wrote several important works on the Southern Confederacy.
Fortunately, Dr. Craven took notes during his visits with the great Southern leader and later compiled… Read More

Marceline, MO: Walsworth Publishing Company. Very Good. 1979. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Some wear around the edges of the cover, but it is very minial. Pages and text are clean and book is free of marks or natiations. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 377 pages .

CRAVEN, John J. Prison Life of Jefferson Davis. Embracing Details and Incidents in His Captivity, Particulars Concerning His Health and Habits, Together with Many Conversations on Topics of Great Public Interest. Biloxi, MS: Souvenir Shop, Jefferson Davis Shrine, 1960. Facsimile of the 1866 ed. 377 pp. Portrait frontis. Orig. cloth. A very good or better copy. "Very sympathetic daily record of Davis's imprisonment at Ft. Monroe, by a U.S. Army doctor who cared for him" Nevins I, p. 189.

Marceline, Mo. : Walsworth Publishing , 1979. 377pp Previous owner's inscription on front facing page otherwise book is AS NEW. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket.

Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Shrine. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (statesmen, united states, jefferson davis, 1808-1889, imprisonment) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.

Souvenir Shop, Jefferson Davis Shrine. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Church library marks (spine, card pocket, brief ink, stamps). United Daughters of the Confederacy bookplate on the front pastedown. Lean, light rubbing and toning. Scarce. ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Prison Life of Jefferson Davis. Embracing Details and incidents in His Captivity, Particulars Concerning His Health and Habits, together With Many Conversations On topics of Great Public interest. by .

Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Shrine, Biloxi, 1979. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 377 pp. Binding firm, with minor wear to spine. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription in ink, erased. Top edge foxed. Corners bumped. Contains frontispiece. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; United States; 19th century; Law & Criminal Studies. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45958. .

Paperback / softback. New.

NY: G.W. Dillingham, (1905). Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Reprint Edition. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 320pp. Fine. A lovely copy internally very fresh crisp and clean and exterior with fresh rich color to cloth and bright gilt..