CIVIL WAR PRIVATE JAMES BEALE, MA 12TH INFANTRY.TIRESOME STORIES, unusual hard-written and illustrated presentation folk art civil war book. From Beale to General William H. Lambert, and inscribed, "To William H. Lambert, Philadelphia, Pa., with compliments of the compiler, Boston, Mass, Dec. 25, 1880." Records Civil War Stories told by veterans at regimental reunion, including "The Quartermaster's Story,"' "The Teamster's Story", are "The Train Guard's Story." 64 pages. Green quarter leather bound. - 5 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in. Estimate $2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE: Ex. coll.: Major William H. Lambert (1842-1912), who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service during the civil. Lambert, a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, assembled one of the most celebrated collections of Lincolniana.
