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Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War: Fort Pillow Massacre, Returned Prisoners
by United States Senate. B. F. Wade, Subcommittee Chair
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Washington, DC: United States Congress: Senate, 1864. Report to the Senate on the Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee, followed by eight gruesome engraved portraits (on four pages) of hospitalized returned prisoners, some of whom perished. Textured brown cloth printed in gilt, 128 + 34 pages plus plates. Fair to good condition with cover rubbing and some holes in the spine covering, good hinges, sound text block, intermittent light colored transparent stains, pages otherwise very clean, light foxing to endpapers, name in pencil on front free endpaper, note in pencil inside front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047132
- Title
- Report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War: Fort Pillow Massacre, Returned Prisoners
- Author
- United States Senate. B. F. Wade, Subcommittee Chair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- United States Congress: Senate
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1864
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography; World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
We pack well and ship promptly. Returns: Books may be returned for refund of purchase price within seven days provided prior notification is given and the books are returned in the same condition as when shipped.
About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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