On Hazardous Service: Scouts and Spies of the North and South
by Beymer, William Gilmore
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New york and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1912. Book. Illus. by Howard Pyle and others. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo. xiii + 287 pp, Preface and Ten Chapters. no index. t.p. with tip of fr top foreedge torn, Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, with very slight age-browned approaching the edges, else well-preserved, 6.1" x 9.1" black cloth boards, with bright gilt design to fr cover & slightly dimmed gilt letters to spine. Gilt top edge VG In glassine wraps.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007917
- Title
- On Hazardous Service: Scouts and Spies of the North and South
- Author
- Beymer, William Gilmore
- Illustrator
- Howard Pyle and others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New york and London
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- War Between the States - Confederate States of America - CSA - secret agents
- Bookseller catalogs
- U.S. CIVIL WAR;
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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