Sterling Price Missouri governor Confederate general signed 1959 Rea

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Sterling Price.  The Lee of the West.  By Ralph R. Rea.  Hardcover, dj is in mylar, very good condition, pub. 1959, 229 pages.  Signed by author and gift inscription by W.M. Hackett who wrote the introduction.  I believe Hackett was a book dealer in Little Rock.  Book is in very good condition.  Biography of Price who served in the Mexican War, as governor of Missouri in the 1850s and led Confederate forces in Arkansas and Missouri.  Highly adulatory book on Price with emphasis on his Civil War generalship including the battles of Wilson's Creek, Lexington, Pea Ridge, Poison Springs, Marks Mill and Jenkins Ferry.  Several chapters relate to the raid into Missouri, Pilot Knob and Westport in 1864.  Map on front endpapers, photos and illustrations.  Scarce biography.  Shipping weight over 1 pound.
I am selling off my Civil War and military book collection in which I have a large number of older and rare histories, including a number of regimental histories.  I will combine shipping but due to the number of volumes the sale may take quite some time.  I have both Union and Confederate histories.  Also some reunion ribbons, photos, cdvs.  My collection spans over 50 years of collecting, now have moved into a smaller home and do not have the room.  Please follow my auctions for more books in your interest. If there is anything specific you are looking for please send me a message.  Also please note that eBay is very politically correct and does not like to have a book listed that has the Confederate flag so you might see some of my listings with something hiding the flag which may appear on the cover or the dust jacket.