The Civil War: A Narrative: Fort Sumter to Perryville; Fredericksburg to Meridian; Red River to Appomattox.

First editions of the author's authoritative text on The Civil War. Octavo, three volumes, original publisher's cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with 141 maps especially designed for these volumes by the author and drawn by George Annand. Fort Sumter to Perryville is signed by the author on an inserted leaf tipped in before the title page, Fredericksburg to Meridian is signed by the author on the half-title page, Red River to Appomattox is a presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication, "To Vera Lynn Sprague from Shelby Foote Chicago 13 Dec 74." Each volume is near fine in a very good to near fine dust jacket. Jacket designs by Jeanyee Wong. Complete sets of the first printings of The Civil War signed by Foote are scarce.