The Blue and the Gray
by Commager, Henry Steele (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Vg Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
-
SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianopolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc. , 1950. Close to near fine. No statement of printing or subsequent editions on copyright page. Possible first edition. One volume edition. 1201 pages. Shipping charges will be raised as book is approx 4.5 lbs. The story of the Civil War as told by the participants. Blue cloth with gold raised swords on front board and gilt lettering on spine. Tight and square. Light soiling to fore-edge pages. Signature of former owner on front end paper. . Early Printing. Cloth. Vg Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003464
- Title
- The Blue and the Gray
- Author
- Commager, Henry Steele (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Indianopolis
- Date Published
- 1950
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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