Gray Fox, Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. (SIGNED)
by Davis, Burke
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Fairfax Press, 1981. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 466 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a red, blue and white dust jacket with a black spine. The jacket shows light wear. Edges of text block are foxed. INSCRIBED the half title to North Carolina historian, "Lindley Butler, / fellow student of our war, with all my best, / Burke Dabvis / Tsuga, Patraick Co., Va. / 1 August, '90.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045956
- Title
- Gray Fox, Robert E. Lee and the Civil War. (SIGNED)
- Author
- Davis, Burke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The Fairfax Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.10 lbs
- Keywords
- 1981; Burke Davis; Gray Fox; Robert E. Lee; Civil War; Confederate General; Confederacy; Virginia; Lindley Butler; North Carolina Historian; Signed; Autographed; Inscribed.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books & Association Copies; Civil War;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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....
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...