GLORY OF YORKTOWN: Yorktown, Ancient and Venerable, Became Heroic and Glorious in 1781, When it Witnessed the Crowning Victory of the Revolutionary War, Which Achieved American Independence & Assured the Establishment of the United States
by Clos, Captain Jean Henri
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Yorktown, VA: The Yorktown Historical Society, 1924. 51+pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ tan cloth spine. Paper title label on front cover. Binding moderately soiled w/ mild wear to edges. Previous owner's name on front paste-down. Illust. w/ b/w drawings. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Title
- GLORY OF YORKTOWN: Yorktown, Ancient and Venerable, Became Heroic and Glorious in 1781, When it Witnessed the Crowning Victory of the Revolutionary War, Which Achieved American Independence & Assured the Establishment of the United States
- Author
- Clos, Captain Jean Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- The Yorktown Historical Society
- Place of Publication
- Yorktown, VA
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783 YORKTOWN 1781 VIRGINIA STATE HISTORY VA LOCAL WARFARE UNITED STATES AMERICAN HISTORY NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - Revolutionary War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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