“With Lee in Virginia” G. A. Henty. I found this book at an estate sale a few weeks ago and had to share. It includes an inscription dated 1890 from a soldier in the Army of North Virginia. He writes about the battles he was engaged in and that he was surrounded and taken prisoner on the 2nd of April 1865. After much investigating, I was able to find more information about the soldier. William Phipps was born in abt. 1825 in Pitt County Virginia. He didn’t enlist until he was 37 years old and was a Private in the Forty-fourth Infantry.
It’s this inscription that makes this otherwise ordinary book and extraordinary one! Old or antique books are not necessarily valuable. Factors that contribute to value are: rarity, relevance, condition and much more.
If you think you have something interesting and valuable to sell, contact me and I’ll give you a fair price.