Civil War Dictionary
by Mark Boatner
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679500138
- ISBN 13
- 9780679500131
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
This is the first complete, authoritative dictionary of the Civil War for the serious student and for the general reader or Civil War buff. For the cholar the librarian, and te researcher, the book, encyclopedic in scope, is an indispensable reference and guide. For the more casual reader it provides all the basic facts, dates, figures, and historical perspective of these war years.
Book - Very Good condition. Black cloth over boards with silver and red gilt on spine. There seems to be light age/acid staining to one end paper. There is also a nick to the back cover end paper. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Good condition. Front cover has light rubbing and a couple tiny tears. Back cover has a couple 3/4" taped tears and a couple tiny chips.
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974 pages. This is a thick, heavy book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1948
- Title
- Civil War Dictionary
- Author
- Mark Boatner
- Format/Binding
- Fabric over board
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0679500138
- ISBN 13
- 9780679500131
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 974
- Size
- 8.5"x6"x2"
- Keywords
- Civil War, American History, reference, dictionary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; History - American; Reference;
Terms of Sale
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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