Private Smith's Journal: Recollections of the Late War
by Benjamin Smith: Walton, Clyde C., Editor
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine. No DJ as issued. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp, gilt lettering brilliant. Previous owner's name inscribed on front free end paper, but otherwise no markings, tears, or creases. Not ex lib, no remainder marks. Notes. Index. 253 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000503
- Title
- Private Smith's Journal: Recollections of the Late War
- Author
- Benjamin Smith: Walton, Clyde C., Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 253
- Keywords
- civil war, memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2018
Greenwood, South Carolina
About William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts specializes in modern poetry and southern history, with an emphasis on first and signed editions.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Inscribed
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Remainder
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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