An exceptionally well-preserved salesman's sample book with binding options laid in. These are often in rather poor condition because they were traveled with, etc.,
Includes attractive full-page plates, including one rather famous [or infamous] plate showing a field of slaves seeing the Northern Armies and crying out, "Press de Lor!" etc.
Davis, Washington. Camp-Fire Chats of the Civil War; being the Incident, Adventure and Wayside Exploit of the Bivouac and Battle Field, as Related by Veteran Soldiers Themselves. Embracing the Tragedy, Romance, Comedy, Humor, and Pathos in the Varied Experiences of Army Life. Also a History of the Grand Army of the Republic, from its Beginning to the Present Date, including the 20th National Encampment at San Francisco, Cal., August, 1886, and Other Valuable Information, by a Comrade. Cincinnati, O. Cincinnati Publishing Co. 1887.
This one very crisp and clean. Some light speckling to cloth, but otherwise near fine.