Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort
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- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
1880. Original wraps. Near Fine. Wonderful album of period, captioned photos of "Fortress Monroe", which was a Union stronghold in Hampton, VA, at the southern tip of the Viginia Peninsula, also known as "Freedom Fortress". The album inlcudes 25 pasted-in photographs (including 2 panoramics) of Ft. Monroe and the Old Point Comfort. Among them are photos of the "colored" Normal school, the building in which Jefferson Davis was imprisoned, the U.S.S. Maine and the U.S.S. Columbia. The album has held up very nicely in its dark-blue, ribbon-tied card wrappers, with circular exterior-shot of Fortress Monroe affixed to the front panel. Light rubbing to the titling, otherwise clean as could be, with each photo in near-pristine to pristine condition. Oblong quarto, c. 1880.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12973
- Title
- Fortress Monroe and Old Point Comfort
- Author
- -
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- rare Americana, rare military history, rare African-American, rare Civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...