West, John C.

A Texan in Search of a Fight C. S. A Being the Diary and Letters of a Private Soldier in Hood's Texas Brigade

Hardcover, Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1969. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Introduction by Col. Harold B. Simpson. Reprint of the 1901 First Edition. "A Texan in Search of a Fight has long been considered one of the prime source books for anyone interested in Hood's Texas Brigade in the Civil War." Ships same or next business day. Ex-library book with all the usual markings. Rough tears from removal of cardholder on front paste-down endpaper. Both free endpapers excised. Stamps on edges of pages are blacked out. Sticky tape residue on head and tail edges of both boards. Spine is slightly skewed and loose. Normal edge wear. Small bumps on corners and spine ends. Shallow dents on bottom corners of boards. Light soiling to edges of pages. Text is clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has normal edge and shelf wear. Small tears on spine ends and bottom right corner of front board. 1/3-inch tear with creases on head edge of back cover. Faded on spine. Sticker residue and scratches near spine tail. Tape on interior at stress points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 189 pages. [Item #73218]

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