GUNS AT GETTYSBURG
by Downey, Fairfax
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1958. 290 pp. Original blue cloth covers, lightly soiled. Spine a bit sunned. Top corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges, and mild chipping to corners and spine ends. Illust. w/ b/w plates, b/w drawings, and maps. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M839CW
- Title
- GUNS AT GETTYSBURG
- Author
- Downey, Fairfax
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 GETTYSBURG PENNSYLVANIA STATE HISTORY PA LOCAL GUNS WARFARE SLAVERY BLACK HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RACIAL HISTORY ETHNIC HISTORY AMERICANA UNITED STATES AMERICAN HISTORY NONFICTION GENERAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- 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....
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...