The Empty Sleeve: A Biography of Lucius Fairchild
Madison, WI: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4], v-x, [4], 3-291, [1] pp. Bound in blue cloth with lettering stamped in gilt on the spine. Pictorial dust jacket with price of $5.50 on the front flap. Frontispiece portrait of Fairchild and eight additional plates (although they are paginated, these are inserted plates) with black and white photographs, one full-page map. Contains an notes and an index. Nevins II 86. A presentable copy of this biography of the tenth Governor of Wisconsin, a Civil War veteran who was present at many of the best-known battles of the war including Antietam and Gettysburg. Very Good / Very Good. Item #000010530
Very Good with light wear to the edges of the boards and faint foxing to the textblock in a Very Good lightly worn dust jacket with a tiny chip to the top of the rear panel.
Price: $40.00