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THIS HALLOWED GROUND Signed 1st
by Bruce Catton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Good dust jacket. Inscribed by Catton to half title page. First Edition stated. Open tear to spine. Closed tear and chips to upper edge of front panel. Open tear to crown. Chips to heel. Creasing to upper edge of front panel. Bumped corners. Open tear to upper edge of rear panel. Edge wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111038
- Title
- THIS HALLOWED GROUND Signed 1st
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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