Original 1959 first edition hardcover of The Shaping of a Battle Gettysburg by James Stuart Montgomery, published by Chilton Company Book Division.

Includes the original dust jacket in protective cover. Book features official Gettysburg maps published by authority of the Secretary of War through the Office of the Chief of Engineers U S Army. Covers the Army of the Potomac, Army of Northern Virginia, June 26 to July 4 1863, the Second Battle of Gettysburg, officers, battlefield strategy, troop movements, civilians, Lee, Meade, Longstreet, Hancock, Gordon, and Gettysburg aftermath.

Condition: hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket has edge wear, chips, tears, rubbing, and old tape or protector wear. Book has age toning, shelf wear, and light handling wear. Interior pages appear clean and readable. Previous owners name inside front. Please review photos.

Great collectible for Civil War, Gettysburg, military history, battlefield maps, Union, Confederate, and Pennsylvania history collectors.

259 pages