Ballads of War and Peace
by Whitney, J. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baraboo, Wis: by author, 1904. HB. Red beveled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 12 mo, 126 pp. Frontis photo of author. Poetry, mainly on the American Civil War. Book dedicated to the author's brother, killed at Chantilly, Va. September 1, 1862. The Battle of Chantilly was a rear-guard action after the Second Battle of Bull Run, at which General Phillip Kearny also fell. Ink genealogical inscription ffep, not by author. Remnants of library paste-down rear end paper only indication book is X-Lib. No other markings. Very clean book of poetry. Book condition VG.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NW8301
- Title
- Ballads of War and Peace
- Author
- Whitney, J. H
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- by author
- Place of Publication
- Baraboo, Wis
- Date Published
- 1904
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
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Ontario, Wisconsin
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...