THE SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO
by Norris, Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Yarmouth, Maine, United States
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About This Item
1917. An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1917. Original tan wrappers pictorially decorated in black and orange.
First Edition in book form (having originally appeared in The Sun); included is a frontispiece portrait of "Pecos Bill" Shafter, with his printed facsimile signature. Norris had gone to Cuba in 1898 to report on the Spanish-American War, where he covered the Siege of Santiago; this wrappered volume was issued during the next war, to benefit the Red Cross Funds. Fine condition. Blanck 15047; also see Gaer, p. 9.
First Edition in book form (having originally appeared in The Sun); included is a frontispiece portrait of "Pecos Bill" Shafter, with his printed facsimile signature. Norris had gone to Cuba in 1898 to report on the Spanish-American War, where he covered the Siege of Santiago; this wrappered volume was issued during the next war, to benefit the Red Cross Funds. Fine condition. Blanck 15047; also see Gaer, p. 9.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sumner & Stillman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13819
- Title
- THE SURRENDER OF SANTIAGO
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Nonfiction;
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Sumner & Stillman
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Yarmouth, Maine
About Sumner & Stillman
Founded in 1980, Sumner & Stillman is a small family business providing personal service in the buying and selling of literary first editions of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) for over 30 years.
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- First Edition
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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