Battle for Manhattan
by Bliven, Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Near Very Good
- Seller
-
Staten Island, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1956. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 128 pages. Sources and Index. Map end-papers and 32 pages of contemporary paintings, engravings and maps. Stated first edition, first printing with no additional printings listed. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows moderate wear and one small tear, now clear tape repaired on verso. Scarce in dust-jacket. Very good+ in a near very good dust-jacket. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020103
- Title
- Battle for Manhattan
- Author
- Bliven, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- American History, Revolutionary War
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...