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The Little Bugler
by Anonymous (George Monroe Roger)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Saint Louis: G.I. Jones & Company, 1880. An important personal narrative of a boy who enlists to fight in the Civl War, a fairly uncommon title. Written anonymously, but per WorldCat and LoC, written by George Monroe Roger (b. 1846). This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Brown cloth binding with light ruling; titles on spine and front cover are gilt. Clean text; 193 pages. Illustrated by J.H. Fry. An exceptionally clean textblock, but the binding does show a bit of wear: mild bumping, rubbing to the head and foot of the spine, and a small tear on the rear cover. The front endpapers have a contemporary (1883) signature and some penciled notes from a later hand. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by J.H. Fry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002749
- Title
- The Little Bugler
- Author
- Anonymous (George Monroe Roger)
- Illustrator
- J.H. Fry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- G.I. Jones & Company
- Place of Publication
- Saint Louis
- Date Published
- 1880
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- LOC
- Library of Congress
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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