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The Delaware Continentals 1776-1783
by Ward, Christopher L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Wilmington, Del: Historical Society of Delaware, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine -. This is no. 81 of a limited edition of 395 copies subscribed prior to pubication and signed by the author. xviii, 620, [4] p., color frontispiece and 13 leaves of maps; 24 cm. Cream linen with gilt-stamped spine title. Maps on endpapers. Stamped on front free endpaper: "1st Lt. 1231st Sta. Comp. Fort DuPont, Del." with handwritten underneath: "12-11-41." This copy presumably belonged to Edgar P. Reese, as that name has a checkmark next it in the list of subscribers to the limited first edition, which follows the text. Edgar P. Reese graduated from the University of Delaware in 1929 and was the captain of the MP detachment at Fort DuPont in 1942. In Near Fine- Condition: 2 upper page corners creased; page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004485
- Title
- The Delaware Continentals 1776-1783
- Author
- Ward, Christopher L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Historical Society of Delaware
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Del
- Date Published
- 1941
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Militaria;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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