With Sabre and Scalpel: The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1914.
First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [1], xx, 535 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Wyeth taken in 1914. Illustrated. Red cloth hardcover with title and sword and shield illustration on the spine. The illustration on the spine is partially faded. Rear hinge has been mended. A small label removed from the right front flyleaf. Number 92 written in pen at the top of the right front flyleaf and number 9575 written at the bottom of the same page. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Period ink signature from the previous owner on the front paste down. Wyeth served in the 4th Alabama Cavalry regiment.
Nevins I page 183 - "An exceptionally interesting and reliable memoir by a surgeon who served in the cavalry of Bedford Forrest." Good +. Item #16272
Price: $200.00