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Andersonville (SIGNED)
by Kantor, MacKinlay
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Prescott, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
The World Publishing Company, 1955. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt lettering to spine and front; no jacket; copyright page states first edition but the signature page states "Stockade Edition. Autographed by the author for members of the Civil War Book Club" followed by author's signature. Good plus condition: spine faded; fading to edges of boards; gilt lettering a bit rubbed; lower back corner turned in a little; straight; hinges strong; pages in excellent condition; ownership inscription inside dated 1955--Blanton Seward (a previous bookseller laid in a slip that states "Incidentally, the Blanton Seward who originally owned this book is the grand-nephew of William Seward, who was Lincoln's Secretary of State. He died last year, and I bought his entire library." New plastic protective jacket..
Synopsis
"The greatest of our Civil War novels."— The New York Times . The 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the Andersonville Fortress and its use as a concentration camp-like prison by the South during the Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Sage Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109747
- Title
- Andersonville (SIGNED)
- Author
- Kantor, MacKinlay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1955
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books;
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About the Seller
The Old Sage Bookshop
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Prescott, Arizona
About The Old Sage Bookshop
Situated in historic downtown Prescott, Arizona, The Old Sage Bookshop offers a fine selection of new southwest books as well as quality used books for the collector, the seeker, and the avid reader. This is a small but mighty bookshop.
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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