A Short History of the Civil War (Ordeal By Fire). Collector's Edition
by Pratt, Fletcher
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1948. Pocket Books' Collector's Edition, ca. 1948. Handsomely bound copy with patterned covers and black bonded leather spine lettered and decorated in gilt, slightly raised spine bands, matching patterned endpapers, about 6.75" Very good condition with only light edge rubbing, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045963
- Title
- A Short History of the Civil War (Ordeal By Fire). Collector's Edition
- Author
- Pratt, Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Pocket Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- POCKET BOOKS COLLECTORS EDITION CLASSICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History and Biography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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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.
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....