Livermore. My Story of the War [SIGNED NOTE]: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Experience as Nurse in the Union Army

Livermore, Mary A. My Story of the War [SIGNED]: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as Nurse in the Union Army; and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front, during the War of the Rebellion. With Anecdotes, Pathetic Incidences, and Thrilling Reminiscences portraying the Lights and Shadows of Hospital Life and the Sanitary Service of the War. Hartford: Conn.: A. D. Worthington and Company, 1896. [8534] Red cloth decorated in blind & gilt, 9 inches, binding near fine. Signed paper by Livermore pasted to the ffep. Golden floral end papers, fine engraved portraits & battle flags. 700 clean pp., tight.The following is written on white paper and pasted to the ffep: "Major Charles A. Stoll. The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it. Mary A. Livermore, 1897." Beneath it is "Stanley Shaw. Feb. 25. 1938." The quotation is from an essay on liberty, by John Stuart Mill. Near fine. Hardcover. "Superbly Illustr