"Fightin' Joe" Wheeler (Southern Biography series)
by Dyer, John P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good - Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
University, LA / Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1941. Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. viii (iv), 417 (3) pp, illus b&w frontis, . First Edition, 1941. Text with footnotes & index. Age-toning to bottom and fore- text block, else, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 5.75" x 8.75". Blue cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine, black top text block, and map on end papers. Joseph Wheeler, a unique character West Point grad, planter lawyer politician US Army officer. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9513
- Title
- "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler (Southern Biography series)
- Author
- Dyer, John P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Place of Publication
- University, LA / Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- U.S. CIVIL WAR HISTORY CSA BIOGRAPHY CONFEDERATE OFFICER - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR GENERALS
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. CIVIL WAR;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Text Block
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- Octavo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.