New York: Geo. A. Leavitt, 1870. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue blind-ruled cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations. 358pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Binding quite edgeworn and rubbed, mainly at spine head and tail; text block likewise edgeworn and age toned, with front flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement; bright blue rectangle on front board suggests long-ago rental library label. Tight, decent later printing of this 1865 text, part of this publisher's "Young American's Library of Modern Heroes" series. Title as it appears on half-title page: "Life and Military Career of Major-General Philip Henry Sheridan." Despite heavy wear, a presentable and handleable early reprint edition -- and actually rather uncommon.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45440
Title: Fighting Phil, the Illustrated Story Life of General Sheridan
Author: HEADLEY, P.C
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Geo. A. Leavitt
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1870
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Civil War;

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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....