Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. Cloth. Very Good +. A tight, solid example of the 1863 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green, pebbled cloth, with very light spotting to the rear panel, light wear along the spine crown and very light foxing at the preliminaries. 12mo, 167 pgs.

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Bookseller: Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 20778
Title: Hospital Transports. A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862
Format/Binding: Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1863
Keywords: rare Civil War, rare histories of transport in the Civil War
Bookseller catalogs: Civil War;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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....
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...