Eight Hours Before Richmond
by Jones, Virgil Carrington
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Holt. First Edition. hardcover. Jones, Virgil Carrington : Eight Hours Before Richmond. New York : Henry Holt, 1957. First edition/first printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.5"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's black cloth, red and silver lettering to spine. Glossy color photographic dj. Front endpaper shows operations on map of N. Virginia; rear does same but with finer detail. Xii pp prelim material, 180 numbered pp, plus 16 pp coated b&w photos inserted. Foreword (by Col. Robert Selph Henry); 14 chaps; appendix (Dahlgren papers), notes, index. Condition notes: dj price-clipped, with sunning to spine, slight tears/chips to top spine; corners bumped, spine ends rolled; pp generally tanned but clean; former owner's name in pen, neatly, to reverse of front free endpaper. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 221205004
- Title
- Eight Hours Before Richmond
- Author
- Jones, Virgil Carrington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War;
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About Furrowed Brow Books
Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in an old farmhouse full of books. Paul had been providing online booksales since 2008 through several popular online sales venues. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
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Furrowed Brow Books' goal is to offer an eclectic selection, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Inklings emphasis), and military history.
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- New
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- Spine
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