IN WAR TIME AND OTHER POEMS
by WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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BOSTON, MA: TICKNOR AND FIELDS. VERY GOOD. 1864. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. 22 PAGE CATALOGUE DATED NOVEMBER 1863 AT REAR OF TEXT [BAL 21846] . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BROWN STAMPED MUSLIN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT SPINE TITLES AND COATED BROWN ENDPAPERS. OTHER THAN SOME MODEST WEAR TO THE ENDS OF THE COLOR-FADED AND GILT DULLED SPINE AN EXCELLENT COPY WITH DESIREABLE PROVENANCE. There is a pasted down note on the front paste-down endpaper that this book was an item in the library of Carl Schurz which was purchased Sept 5, 1924 by Paul Steinbrecher. Prussian born Carl Schurz(1829-1906) was a German r evolutionary during the 1848-1849 German revolutions after the failure of which he migrated to the U.S. and eventually became an American statesman, journalist, and reformer throughout the balance of his life. Serving as a Union Brigadier General during the Civil War and participant at the battles of Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, and Second Bull Run. Also an important advocate of honest government, civil-service reform, and an improved Indian policy serving as the Secretary of the Interior during the Rutherford B. Hayes administration (1877-1881). .
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI013551I
- Title
- IN WAR TIME AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- TICKNOR AND FIELDS
- Place of Publication
- BOSTON, MA
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- 22 PAGE CATALOGUE DATED NOVEMBER 1863 AT REAR OF TEXT [BAL 21846], 19TH CENTURY LIT, POETRY, AMERICAN, CIVIL WAR
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