Surry of Eagle's Nest; or, The Memoirs of a Staff-Officer Servicing in Virginia
New York: Bunce and Huntington, 1866. viii, 484p, 8p. Original brown cloth. Housed in a custom cloth clamshell box. Illustrations by Winslow Homer. First edition, first issue, of this novel purporting to be the memoirs of an officer who served under Stonewall Jackson, with four wonderful, engraved illustrations by Winslow Homer. John Esten Cooke (1830-1865) "One of the most important literary figures of nineteenth-century Virginia, Cooke was the prolific author of historical adventures and romances in the tradition of Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper. His most famous and perhaps best work" Encyclopedia Virginia. Contemporary signature in brown ink on the inside the second front blank. Later ownership signature on the first front blank. Slip advertisement tipped onto front blank. Some light scattered foxing. Ink spots on pages 172-192 otherwise a well-preserved copy. Item #10236
Price: $300.00