|
THE HISTORY OF ARLINGTON (Where America's Sons Of Valor Sleep)
By Enoch Aquila Chase
Copyright 1929, National Art Service Co., Inc., Washington, D.C.
6" x 9", 32 page staple-bound booklet covered in its original glassine wrapper. A history of Arlington National Cemetery from its 18th-century roots as part of the Arlington Estate--which belonged to relatives of Martha Washington, and was the place where Mary Custis (Mrs. Robert E. Lee) lived and was married-- through its capture by Union forces in 1861 and eventual sale to the US government in 1883. Illustrated with 8 pencil sketches by Francis K. MacNerhany.
The item is complete and in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some wear to the cover edges and glassine wrapper. |