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American Military Biography; Containing the Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution, who were most Distinguished in Achieving our National Independence. Also, the Life of Gilbert Motier La Fayette, Major-General in the Continental Army - Marshal of France, and Commander in Chief of the National Guards
by Blanchard, Amos
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Cincinnati: Published for Subscribers / Whetstone & Buxton, Printers, 1829. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 610 pages. Hardcover bound in original full leather. The binding is quite worn but holding. Front hinge is heavily rubbed and is starting. The spine is slightly curved inward. Marbled endpapers. Front flyleaf a little loosened. Outside edges of the text block show heavy wear. The text is foxed but the text block is sound. Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, including a folding frontis plate (HALF OF THE FOLDING FRONTIS IS MISSING). This book was reprinted throughout several years, and most copies appear to have some plates missing or no plates at all. We have not seen any copies with more than 6 plates, but some later printings appear to have some plates (Alexander Hamilton and Nathaneal Greene) which do not appear in this edition. No author is given on the title page, but this work is attributed to Amos Blanchard.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049796
- Title
- American Military Biography; Containing the Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution, who were most Distinguished in Achieving our National Independence. Also, the Life of Gilbert Motier La Fayette, Major-General in the Continental Army - Marshal of France, and Commander in Chief of the National Guards
- Author
- Blanchard, Amos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Published for Subscribers / Whetstone & Buxton, Printers
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1829; Amos Blanchard; American Military Biography; Americana; Rare; Collectible; American Revolution; Revolutionary War; Generals; 19th Century; Leather Binding; Antique; Antiquarian; Rare; Copperplate Engravings; Plates.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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