BILLINGS, John D. - Hardtack and Coffee or the Unwritten Story of Army Life

Alexandria, Time-Life Books, 1982. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed full leatherette with gilt lettering. vi, 408pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, numerous line drawings (some color), marbled endpapers. Sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Handsome facsimile of the scarce 1887 George M. Smith & Co. edition, a volume in this publisher's "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. The book's subtitle continues: "Including Chapters on Enlisting, Life in Tents and Log Huts, Jonahs and Beats, Offences and Punishments, Raw Recruits, Foraging, Corps and Corps Badges, The Wagon Trains, The Army Mule, The Engineer Corps, The Signal Corps, Etc." James I. Robertson describes this book as "The best source for the army life and feelings of a Federal soldier; this delightfully written and humorously illustrated work has rightfully become a classic." NEVINS I, 59. .

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