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THE CAMPAIGN ATLAS FOR 1861
by Gaston, Samuel N
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: S. N. Gaston. Good+. 1861. First Edition. Soft Covers. Rare pocket-sized atlas focusing on the secessionist or slave-holding states at the outset of the American Civil War. Bound in tan publisher's printed wrappers. Front wrap is identical to the title page & with American eagle emblem. Saddle-stitched binding is tight. 14 hand-colored cerograph maps (1 double-page). Blank on verso of each map. Cover has small areas of chipping but generally good; interior has only minor pencil marginalia & light age toning.. The initial double-page map of the United States and Territories is indicated with "great cantonments and strategic points" marked with a hand-colored red dot. These points include New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Washington DC, Norfolk, Pensacola, Cairo, St. Louis, Santa Fe, Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Individual maps of the Confederate and Border States follow: Delaware/Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky/Tennessee, and Texas. OCLC locates 5 copies. Military; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17755
- Title
- THE CAMPAIGN ATLAS FOR 1861
- Author
- Gaston, Samuel N
- Format/Binding
- Soft Covers
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- S. N. Gaston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- Military, Civil War
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; Southern Americana; Military, Civil War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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