Author: Wise, Jennings Cropper
Title: The Long Arm of Lee, or the History of the Artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia (Two Volumes, Complete); Illustrated
Description: Lynchburg, Virginia, J.P. Bell Company, Inc, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated. Maroon boards measuring 9.25" x 6.50". Gilt lettering,somewhat faded but still quite legible. Minor rubbing to extremities, and several of the corners are lightly tapped. Previous owner's sticker to both front pastedowns, and small bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown of Volume I only. Faint spot to bottom and top edge of first volume. Printed on high-quality laid paper. Very tightly bound. Volume I includes 26 full-page photographs, most of them portraits of military leaders of the Army of Northern Virginia. 496 pp. and 461 pp. respectively, followed by General, Battery and Battalion Indices. "An exhaustive, valuable study, often consulted and widely quoted.." (Nevins, p.180. Very Good .

Keywords: Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Confederate Officers