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GENERAL JOHNSTON (Great Commanders Series)
by Hughes, Robert M
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1893. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. x, [4], 353 pp., fronits, maps. First edition. As issued, in olive cloth with title in gold on the front cover and the spine and silver medallion deboss on the front cover; frontispiece portrait and six maps are present as called for. Spotting and soiling, primarily to the front cover, otherwise, only light rubbing to the binding; gilt top edge is a bit soiled; small, 1/2" closed tear to the fore-edge of the all of the preliminary leaves including the frontispiece, as well as the first two leaves of the body of the text; owner stamp to the title pages; foxing to the frontispiece and adjacent leaves, otherwise contents are largely clean but for one marginal note in pencil correcting a regiment number; a few leaves roughly opened. Nevins calls this "[a] rather brief, but defensive, summary of Johnston's life; Johnston personally selected Hughes as his biographer" CWB II, 66. Dornbusch II, 2875.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7227
- Title
- GENERAL JOHNSTON (Great Commanders Series)
- Author
- Hughes, Robert M
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1893
- Bookseller catalogs
- History--U.S; Civil War & Military;
Terms of Sale
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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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....
- First Edition
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- Leaves
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- Deboss
- An imprinted decoration or mark on the outside cover of a book. Publishers will press a design or mark into a book's cover for...
- 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...
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