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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON FROM THE SOUTH-EAST by [Andersonville Prison] Morton Jr., Joseph W.

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Seller: David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC
Title
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON FROM THE SOUTH-EAST
Author
[Andersonville Prison] Morton Jr., Joseph W.
Seller
David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC (United States)
Description
Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Company, 1890. Detailed elephant folio chromolithograph, oblong 26" x 20." "Copyright 1890 Keystone Pub. Co. Phila." printed at lower left; "Sparks From the Camp Fire" printed at lower right. Closed tear at top margin [slightly into image] and a short closed tear, both expertly repaired on verso with archival tape. Minor blank edge chip. Brilliantly colored. Very Good copy of a scarce Civil War prison broadside. "Print showing Andersonville Prison, with the vast prison area surrounded by stockade fences and several banks of cannons in the foreground and the distance" [Library of Congress online description]. "Image of an aerial view of Andersonville Prison, a Confederate prisoner-of-war-camp in Georgia; soldiers visible among densely packed tents surrounded by stockade walls and barricades guarded by gun towers and cannons" [Jay Last Collection at the Huntington]. The print was drawn for SPARKS FROM THE CAMPFIRE by John W. Morton, Jr., but never used in it. [Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University website, Box OP10, Folder 7, Identifier 3.] The image is an aerial view of Andersonville Prison, its vast prison area surrounded by two rows of stockade fences with manned gun towers along the inner wall. Additional armed soldiers, including one on horseback, patrol the area between the two stockade fences. Several buildings, hundreds of tents, and prisoners are shown within the densely packed inner fence. Additional soldiers, tents, and cannons are outside the prison area in a separate fenced area; the soldiers milling about, several missing limbs and using crutches. Smoke appears from a makeshift hearth. One soldier near a cannon looks through an eyepiece at the prison area. Located in Sumpter County, Georgia, Andersonville was designed to hold 10,000 men. the site quickly became overcrowded and contained over 33,000 prisoners at one point. The overcrowding resulted in prisoners suffering from hunger, disease, medical shortages, and exposure. Joseph W. Morton, Jr. [1853-1918] was an American author and lithographer, and published SPARKS FROM THE CAMP FIRE; OR, TALES OF THE OLD VETERANS. THRILLING STORES OF HEROIC DEEDS, AS RE-TOLD TODAY AROUND THE MODERN CAMPFIRE and served as author and Associate Editor of "Blue and Gray, the Patriotic American Magazine" which was published by him and B.R. Davenport monthly from approximately 1893-1895. [OCLC 8180466 description.] OCLC 51966468 [2- DLC, Boston Ath.], 1524317206 [1- Clements], 1105931293 [1- U ME] as of August 2025.
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HOW TO SING by Tetrazzini, Luisa

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Seller: J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books
Title
HOW TO SING
Author
Tetrazzini, Luisa
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Philadelphia, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Dust jacket slightly torn.

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