CIVIL WAR BATTLES 36 LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS BOOK

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BIRMINGHAM</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=6>FULL COLOR DUST COVER FEATURING THE BATTLE OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>PRESIDENT LINCOLN REQUESTED KURZ TO TRAVEL TO SEVERAL BATTLEFIELDS TO MAKE A HISTORICAL PICTORAL REPRESENTATIONS WHICH LATER APPEARED AS LITHOGRAPHS AND BECAME POPULAR THROUGHOUT AMERICA</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>KURZ BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST WAR CORRESPONDENTS USING CANVAS INSTEAD OF WORDS.  FROM THE SKETCHES HE MADE, WHICH WERE THE FIRST TO BE RELEASE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, KURZ LATER REPRODUCED 36 AS CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS.  </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>IT IS THESE 36 LITHOGRAPHS THAT MAKE UP THE VISUAL HEART AND ARTISTIC SOUL OF THIS BOOK.    THE ORIGINAL PRINTS WERE DONE IN AS MANY AS 10 INKS, REQUIRING A 22 X 28 INCH BAVARIAN STONE WEIGHING ABOUT 200 LBS.  EACH STONE WAS ETCHED WITH ACID, AND THEN THE PRINTS WERE CONSECUTIVELY PULLED IN REGISTER.  MOST OF THE ORIGINAL STONES WERE LOST.  IN FACT, REPRODUCTION OF THE ENTIRE SET OF 36 PRINTS CANNOT BE FOUND INTACT ANYWHERE EXCEPT BETWEEN THE COVERS OF THE BOUND VOLUME.  </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>INTRODUCTIONS BY NONE OTHER THAN, ROBERT E. LEE IV AND MAJOR GENERAL U.S. GRANT 3rd  </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>THAT THIS BOOK OF HISTORIC LITHOGRAPHS AND NARRATIVES OF 36 MAJOR BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAS IS AVAILABLE IS IN ITSELF REMARKABLE.  C. ARMITAGE HARPER, PRINCIPAL OWNER OF LITTLE ROCK'S DEMOCRAT PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPH COMPANY, WAS AN AVID CIVIL WAR BUFF.  HE WAS ALSO AN ADMIRER AND COLLECTOR OF LOUIS KURZ'S CHROMOLIGHTOGRAPHS.  HARPER DETERMINED TO PUBLISH ALL 36 OF THEM IN A SINGLE, LIMITED EDITION TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENNIAL OF THE CIVIL WAR.    HE COMISSIONED STRATHMORE PAPER COMPANY TO CREATE A SPECIAL, HIGH RAG PAPER TO MATCH AS NEARLY AS POSSIBLE THAT OF THE ORIGINAL PRINTS.</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>FIRST EDITION</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>COPYRIGHT 1976 - OXMOOR HOUSE, INC.  </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>FEATURES THE CONFEDERATE OF THE UNITED STATES SEAL AND THE U.S. E PLURBIS ENUM SEAL IN RED ON THE COVER PAGE.  </FONT></P><P align=center><FONT size=5>BOOK COVER:  BEAUTIFUL BLUE & GREY  CLOTH HARDCOVER WITH GOLD GILT LETTERING ON THE SPINE - INCLUDES A FULL COLOR  DUST JACKET WITH THE BATTLE OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN FEATURED ON THE FRONT.  </FONT> <P align=center><FONT size=5>CONDITION:  EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT -THERE ARE SOME MINOR DISCOLORATIONS OF THE COVER.  SOME OF THE PRINTS ARE LOOSE FROM THE SPINE.  ALL PRINTS ARE IN EXCELLENT FRAME CAPABLE QUALITY.   EXCELLENT  BOOK COVER WITH SOME CURLING OF THE EDGES AND DISCOLORATION  SOME FAUXING. </FONT><P align=center><FONT size=5>MEASURES: 18 1/4" HIGH X 24 1/2" WIDE X 1 1/4" THICK </FONT></P><!-- End Description --></P><P align=center><P><FONT size=4>I HAVE OTHER SIMILAR ITEMS AND ANTIQUE COLLECTIBLES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU, JUST CLICK ON "VIEW SELLER'S OTHER ITEMS" - or - VISIT MY UTIQUES ANTIQUES STORE. </FONT></P></P><P align=center><STRONG>My Policies:</STRONG></P><P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4>Insurance is required to guarantee item in described condition.</FONT></P><P align=center>Payment can be made with Paypal per EBAY policy. 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CIVIL WAR BATTLES 36 LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS BOOK

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Friday, March 19th 2010.

CIVIL WAR BATTLES 36 LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPHS BOOK

Price $223.09

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