A m e r i c a n a 56 “A Model Of What Military History Can Be”: Shelby Foote’s Civil War, The First Volume Signed By Him 71. FOOTE, Shelby. The Civil War. A Narrative. New York, 1958-74. Three volumes. Large octavo, original gray cloth, dust jackets. $4500. Scarce first editions of Foote’s massive, authoritative and engrossing history, with tipped-in leaf signed by the historian in Volume I, in original dust jackets. “A sweeping overview of the war from a decidedly different perspective… Foote is a master storyteller of the war, and his accounts are riveting” (Eicher 740). “Foote remained relatively unknown before his role in Ken Burns’ [documentary film] The Civil War made him a cultural icon. Since that event, Foote has become widely viewed as an authority on the Civil War” (University of Mississippi). “A model of what military history can be” (New York Times). First edition sets signed by Foote are much sought-after and increasingly scarce. Wright 339. Gift inscription (Volume II). Two tiny stickers to rear panel of Volume II dust jacket. Small publisher’s inkstamp to lower edge of Volume III text block. Dust jackets extremely good, with light toning to spines, light edge-wear with occasional small chips (shallow loss to spine foot of Volume I jacket), tape repairs; Volume III dust jacket price-clipped with closed tear to fold of spine and rear panel (tape repair to verso). Books about-fine. A desirable set signed by Foote. Autograph Album Signed By Imprisoned General John Hunt Morgan And His Raiders Just Before The Most Daring Jailbreak Of The Civil War 72. MORGAN, John Hunt, et al. Autograph album [“Autographs of Genl. John H. Morgan and other Confederate Officers Confined in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus, 1st August 1863”]. Columbus, July 30, 1863. Octavo, original blind-tooled crimson morocco rebacked. $16,500. Very rare 1863 autograph album signed by imprisoned Confederate general John Hunt Morgan and 68 of his raiders in the Ohio Federal Penitentiary just two months before undertaking the most daring jailbreak of the Civil War in November, 1863. John Hunt Morgan’s exploits in the Western Theater during the Civil War were second in audacity and skill only to those of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Leading a select company of Kentucky cavalrymen, he led several raids into his home state of Kentucky. A constant nuisance to Union armies operating in the South, he often skirted around them to harry their lines of supply and communication. After a year of spectacular successes, which included the capture of over 1700 Yankees at Hartsville, Tennessee,
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