Bruce Catton. First and second editions. Dust Jackets: Very Good+ All three are unclipped jackets with original price $12.50 on inside flap. Jackets designed by the great Lawrence Ratzkin. Hardcover: Very Good+ NY: Doubleday and Company, 1952-1962. No writing or markings in the books, 363-438 pp.
Volume I: Mr. Lincoln's Army, Second edition, 1962, 363 pp.
Volume II: Glory Road, First edition, 1952, 389 pp.
Volume III: A Stillness at Appomattox, First edition, 1953, 438 pp.
Catton's acclaimed trilogy about the Civil War, the third of which won both the Pulitzer prize and National Book Awards. A detailed, historic account of the Civil War Army around the Potomac River area in three volumes. The three books are still collectible and quite popular today.
Bruce Catton is renowned for his unparalleled ability to bring a detailed and vivid immediacy to Civil War battlefields and military strategy sessions. With tremendous depth and insight, he presents legendary commanders and common soldiers in all their complex and heartbreaking humanity.
