This Hallowed Ground
by Catton, Bruce
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday & Co, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Published by Doubleday & Company, 1956. Octavo. Find binding. Custom bound in red morocco leather with gilt stained page ends, decorative tooling, five raised spine bands. Patterned endpapers. Map endpapers from book bound in front and back. Bound by Bayntun of Bath, England. Book is very good plus. Clean with no writing or names. Spine straight, binding tight and pages crisp. Has light bumps to corners. A scarce and beautiful leatherbound edition of this classic Bruce Catton Civil War history. 437 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Synopsis
Bruce Catton was a journalist and historian of the American Civil War. He won a Pulitzer Prize for history in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox , his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia. He died in 1978.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88153
- Title
- This Hallowed Ground
- Author
- Catton, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co
- Date Published
- 1956
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Terms of Sale
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Southampton, New York
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- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...