Book of the Month club edition, 8vo, pp. xv, 523, 25.5 cm. Clean muted read buckram boards with black title block on the front with author's signature imprinted, black title block on the spine lettered in silver. In clean DJ that is toned on the spine and a fold creased on the front and back. No rips or tears. Lovely endpapers illustrated with civil war scenes, B/W photo frontispiece of president Lincoln. B/W photos throughout. In slipcase that is sturdy and lightly rubbed. Small pastedown of a painting of Washington DC in 1852.

Originally published in 1941. "Published, by ironic coincidence, on the eve of American entry into World War II, Reveille in Washington, chronicles that earlier all-out war effort directed by embattled habitants of the White House and Capitol Hill. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1942, Margaret Leech's book has become a classic in the rich field of Civil War studies. And for good reason. Like all classics, it is a book that can be read and appreciated at several levels. It is, first and foremost, a beautifully written story--with a plot full of crises, surprises, twists and turns, comedy and tragedy, and the bittersweet climax of Union victory followed immediately by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln." A Fine Copy.