1890, Sparks From the Campfire by Joseph W. Morton, HB ILLUSTR, CIVIL WAR VETS

Description

COLLECTIBLE AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BOOK PROVIDING STORIES OF CIVIL WAR AND VETERANS WHO PARTICIPATED.
Subtitled, "... Or  Tales of the Old Veterans".  Published by Keystone Publishing Co, Edited by Joseph W. Morton, Jr, "... New and Revised Edition with Contributions from one hundred and fifty comrades" (from title page).  Overall in VERY GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION.  Texted light brown/tan boards with clear images and decorations, rubbing of gilt titling, clear spine.  Board edges have moderate wear, with heavy wear and light bumping of corners and heavier wear top and bottom of spine.  Floral endpapers with two stamps from one of the previous owners, and a second owner inked (or pencilled? can't tell) his/her name on first free blank endpaper.  Otherwise, there are no marks in 580 clean and solidly bound pages.  PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, A VERY NICE COLLECTIBLE BOOK!
A brief bio on the author found online:
"Joseph W. Morton, Jr (1853-1918) was an American author and lithographer.  Born in Philadelphia, Morton published a book of U.S. Civil War stories from Veterans entitled, Sparks From the Campfire, or Tales of the Old Veterans.  He also served as Associate Editor of a monthly magazine called 'Blue and Gray'. "
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