AFTER THE CIVIL WAR: A Pictorial Profile of America from 1865 to 1900
by Blay, John S
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1960).. (1960).. Good. - Quarto, cloth, in a price-clipped dust wrapper. There are 2 tiny white stains to the tail of the spine. The dust jacket is soiled & chipped with short tears to the edges & pieces out of the top edge. There is staining to the bottom edge of the rear panel & a sticker has been removed from the front flap. The titling on the dust jacket spine is faded. [vii] & 312 pages. There is a glue stain on the front endpaper where the sticker has been removed from the dust jacket flap. Profuse black-and-white illustrations. Very good in a fair dust wrapper. <p>First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22398
- Title
- AFTER THE CIVIL WAR: A Pictorial Profile of America from 1865 to 1900
- Author
- Blay, John S
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1960).
- Date Published
- (1960).
- Keywords
- AMERICANA; HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; AFTER THE CIVIL WAR; JOHN S. BLAY; PICTORIAL HISTORY; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
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- Fair
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- Spine
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.