When Will The Weary War Be Over? The Civil War Letters Of The Maverick Family Of San Antonio

MARKS, PAULA MITCHELL [EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION & EPILOGUE BY]

Publication: Book Club of Texas, 2008, Dallas

First edition. 8vo. A signed edition, limited to 20 copies, this is number 12, signed by Paula Mitchell Marks Quarter leather and textured tan silk material, with titles on small paper label affixed to the front cover and titles also stamped in gilt on the spine, dark brown front and rear endpapers, 235 [2] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, epilogue, appendix, works consulted. The Civil War letters of the Maverick family during the war. Of special interest are letters from Mary Adams Maverick to her sons Lewis, Willie, and George. In her letter dated February 21, 1864, to her son Lewis Antonio Maverick she wrote "I hope you are quite well again. Oh, when will the weary war be over? God hasten peace & bless you, dear Lewis." Fine, unread, bright copy without dust jacket, as issued Housed in the original cloth and boards slipcase with titles on a paper spine label.

Inventory Number: 53199