The most remarkable Texas book : an essay on W.W. Heartsill's Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate Army ; with a leaf from the original printing /
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| Language: | English |
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Austin :
Pemberton Press,
1980.
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| Item Description: | Leaf in pocket. Book has long been recognized in Confederate history as probably the most unique book in the entire field of soldier narratives. It is a day-by-day record of a Texas private who served both in the Trans-Mississippi Department and the Army of Tennessee. The book has two distinctive features that cause it to stand apart from other soldier narratives. In the first place, it was printed by the author himself, one page at a time, on a ten dollar "Octavo Novelty Press." In the second place, the entire edition of 100 copies that he printed in 1876 was illustrated by sixty-one original photographs sent to Heartsill by members of his company, the W.P. Lane Rangers, and pasted by the author into each of the books. "Sixty-four copies of this work have been issued, each containing a leaf from the original printing of 'Fourteen hundred and 91 days in the Confederate Army' of which this is number __."--Colophon The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is number 18, includes page 217-218, is signed by the author, additionally inscribed by the author to Al Lowman. The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is part of the Floyd & Louise Chapman Texas & Borderlands Collection. The Cushing Library/Chapman Texas Collection copy is number 32, includes page 173-174, is signed by the author. |
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| Physical Description: | 16 unumbered pages : frontispiece ; 30 cm |
| Related Items: | The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive. |