Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Little, Brown And Company, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1969. First Edition. 556 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Sticker to front flap. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light foxing and wear marks overall.
Synopsis
A classic work of military history, follows the enigmatic commander in chief of the Union forces through the last year and a half of the Civil War. It is both a revelatory portrait of Ulysses S. Grant and the dramatic story of how the war was won.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1675185908DPB
- Title
- Grant Takes Command
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown And Company
- Date Published
- 1969
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