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Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer
by WERT, Jeffry D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0684810433
- ISBN 13
- 9780684810430
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. 0684810433 . First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Historian Jeffry Wert presents a detailed biography of George Armstrong Custer, not only detailing his loss at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, but also his triumphs during the Civil War and in cavalry engagements. With a section of plates bearing black & white photos of people and scenes described in the book. --- In beige paper-covered boards backed in grey cloth with spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in jacket with photographic portrait of Custer to front panel. --- A tightly-bound, unmarked, sound copy; though with creases to corners of some leaves. Unclipped dust jacket ($27.50) with slight creasing, but remaining intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector (which has mild rubbing).; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 462 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88338
- Title
- Custer: The Controversial Life of George Armstrong Custer
- Author
- WERT, Jeffry D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684810433
- ISBN 13
- 9780684810430
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- 0684810433
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir; >>Military and Military Leaders;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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