THE BLUE AND THE GRAY ON THE NILE

Chicago; The University of Chicago Press, [1961]. First Edition. Hardcover with dj. xi+290pp. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Very Good condition in a Good jacket. Unclipped jacket lightly shelfworn, but with more serious wear along the front flap fold; also small chip missing top of spine; Peach colored cloth boards are in nice shape and unbumped.  Owner name penned on ffep. Otherwise clean and bright, square and securely bound. "This is the story of some fifty officers from both sides in the Civil War who after the fighting ceased were unable to face the rigors of civilian life...the authors have told here the strange and often amusing history of how these officers went to Egypt and served in the army of the khedive, Ismail Pasha, who was trying to modernize his semibarbaric country..."   (cfm)