Marching with Gomez;: A war correspondent's field notebook, kept during four ...
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
1. 1898 on title page. First Edition. Lamson Wolffe and Company, Boston. No dust jacket. Red cloth, bright gilt lettering on front and spine. 8 x 5.5 inches, (xxix),294pp+5pp(ads). Profusely illustrated throughout with descriptive text, drawings and full-page plates. Title page and map frontis in orange and black ink. Pressed borders and emblem on back. Spine slightly sunned. Very attractive with only a hint of wear to cloth. Inside crisp, clean, bright and tight. Much on Cuban history, war, battles, customs, industry, weapons, and lifestyle. Records Flint's travels and life with the Cuban army during the late 1800s.
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- Hardcover
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Crisp
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- Sunned
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- Title Page
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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