Gettysburg National Military Park Pennsylvania.
Washington, DC: National Park Service, 1962. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Numerous illustrations, maps. Near fine. Item #42644
Revised edition, No. 9 in the "Historical Handbook Series," a concise and handy guide first published in 1954 -- and this copy with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inside front wrapper is aa Autograph Note Signed from Tilberg, 1p, 8" X 11", Gettysburg, PA, 18 March 1965. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Very good. Faint original folds. On blue-printed letterhead of "Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania" bearing typed corrections of name/addresses of the president and secretary, Tilberg presents -- this letterhead! "Here is a current letter head. We will be printing new stationery soon. Headquarters are at Gettysburg and nearly always the president is from here...." Handsomely penned in black ballpoint. Tilberg (1896-1979) was a noted National Park Service historian.
Price: $50.00