THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, AS DEVELOPED BY THE REPORT OF MAJ. GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
by BARNARD, J.G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- General Moderate Wear/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Van Nostrand ., 1864. Cloth faded to tan at corners and spine. Ruled in blind. Front cover lettered in gilt, still bright. Large fold-out map in excellent condition, some off-setting onto title page. Two small tears in substance of paper on front free endpaper. Evidence of prior removal of bookplate from front pastedown. Paper stained at binding junction of map page and title page, possibly due to glue used to tip-in the map. Errata slip is present. Text is exceptionally clean. 16-page advertisement for other military publications at end. This is the first bound edition of the review of the campaign, having earlier been published as a magazine article. 96pp with 16-page catalogue of books at conclusion.(See Broadfoot 236).. First Edition. Red Cloth. General Moderate Wear/No Jacket. Thin Octavo.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001364
- Title
- THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN AND ITS ANTECEDENTS, AS DEVELOPED BY THE REPORT OF MAJ. GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
- Author
- BARNARD, J.G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - General Moderate Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- D. Van Nostrand .
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- Thin Octavo
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR, VIRGINIA, MILITARY HISTORY, MAPS
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Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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