TWO YEARS ON THE ALABAMA
by Sinclair, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston, 1895. vi,[2],344pp. plus plates. Frontis. Large, thick octavo. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Some edge wear, inner hinges cracking, contents bit shaken. Good. First edition. The Alabama was a Confederate blockade runner built in Great Britain, and its outfitting by the English became a contentious issue in Anglo-American relations from the Civil War until the early 1870s. "One of the best accounts; interesting, reliable, comprehensive, and thoughtful; contains brief biographical sketches and muster rolls" - Nevins. Includes experiences off Newfoundland, New York, blockade-running in the Gulf of Mexico, off Jamaica, Bahia, at the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town, off Singapore and India. NEVINS I, p.234 (3rd ed)
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM14851
- Title
- TWO YEARS ON THE ALABAMA
- Author
- Sinclair, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
Glossary
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...