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Hard Tack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life
by John D. Billings
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0879280387
- ISBN 13
- 9780879280383
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First published 1887, reprinted 1973 by Corner House Publishers, Fourth Impression 1987.
The everyday life of the foot soldier in the U.S. Army of one hundred years ago is presented in a fascinating and fully illustrated account.
Book - Fine condition. Clean and tight except for some age spotting on page edges. Please see photos.
Dust Jacket - Very Good+ condition. Slight rubbing and age spotting. Very small chip and wear at top near spine. Note: no coating on paper. Original price sticker on front.
408 pages.
The everyday life of the foot soldier in the U.S. Army of one hundred years ago is presented in a fascinating and fully illustrated account.
Book - Fine condition. Clean and tight except for some age spotting on page edges. Please see photos.
Dust Jacket - Very Good+ condition. Slight rubbing and age spotting. Very small chip and wear at top near spine. Note: no coating on paper. Original price sticker on front.
408 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 960
- Title
- Hard Tack and Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life
- Author
- John D. Billings
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0879280387
- ISBN 13
- 9780879280383
- Publisher
- Corner House Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Williamstown, Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- civil war, history, american civil war, personal account, memoir
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; History - American;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
EXCEPT as noted in description. 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
The Blue & Grey Book Shoppe specializes in Civil War, Local History, other American History, and all variety of non-fiction books - plus Music, Fine Art, Maps, Gift Items, Doll Clothes, and Much More!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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