A Civil War Album of Paintings by the Prince de Joinville
by Maurois, Andre (Text), and Gavin, James M. (Text)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn, torn and falling apart, Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
£404.75£303.56
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1964. Presumed first edition/first printing thus. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn, torn and falling apart, Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness. Ink notation on Preface page. Interior pages typically crisp and clean.. de Joinville. 34. [40] p. Includes illustrations. Illustrations in color. This album of painings by the Prince de Joinville were drawn in 1861 and 1862. Preface by the Comte de Paris, who said that this editon owed a great deal to Genral Bavin, friend of France and former Ambassador of the United States. The Prince de Joinville was the third son of King Louis-Philippe. This book was designed by Neanine Fricker. The type was handset in Baskerville. The plates were made by Mansat, Paris. The printing of the text and the illustrations was done on the presses of I. P.E. in Paris. The binding was ong by Prache, de Franclieu at Choisy-le-ROi. This paper was made by de la Haye-Descartes at Balemes.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64203
- Title
- A Civil War Album of Paintings by the Prince de Joinville
- Author
- Maurois, Andre (Text), and Gavin, James M. (Text)
- Illustrator
- de Joinville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcase worn, torn and falling apart, Some spine discoloration. Front board has some weakness.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing thus
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, Defenses of Washington, Andrew Porter, Provost Marshal, Manassas Station, Embarcation, Comte de Paris, George Armstrong Custer, George Stoneman, U.S. Monitor, John Ericsson
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