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McCLELLAN'S OWN STORY The War For The Union, the Soldiers who Fought it, the Civilians who directed it, and, his Relations...
by McClellan, George M. fx
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE book. 1st ed. 9.5"x6", ix,677pp.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Webster. FINE book. 1st ed. 9.5"x6", ix,677pp.. 1887 (1886cp). 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book. Brigh, tight, book stays closed when stood on spine. Gilt lettered dark blue cloth, cover decoration in gilt & red. . Quite nice book, in & out and top to bottom. Cover flawless but for scuffed tips & spine ends. No actual wear or fraying. Tips square & flat. No spine sunning, gilt just as bright as front cover gilt. Internally only two flaws. (1) Text block top edge lightly foxed, other two clean as new. (2) upper inner hinge paper cracked a bit. Hinge itself sound. No glue browned pastedowns. Text and ilustrations bright as new. No aging, foxing, memorabilia, etc. Lastly, book tends to stay closed when stood on its spine. Read with care, if at all. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001194
- Title
- McCLELLAN'S OWN STORY The War For The Union, the Soldiers who Fought it, the Civilians who directed it, and, his Relations...
- Author
- McClellan, George M. fx
- Illustrator
- 14 illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE book. 1st ed. 9.5"x6", ix,677pp.
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Publisher
- Webster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1887 (1886cp)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FINE book. Brigh, tight, book stays closed when stood on spine. Gilt, lettered dark blue cloth, cover decoration in gilt & red.
- Bookseller catalogs
- civil war;
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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"...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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