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The Photographic History of the Civil War In Ten Volumes [Complete set]
by Francis Trevelyan Miller
- Used
- very good
- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Gridley, California
Item Price
$950.00
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About This Item
New York: Review of Reviews Company, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A very good first edition, complete ten volume set. Blue cloth with gilt title stamping on spine. Shelf wear on head and tail of all volumes. Top edges gilt. Bindings slightly shaken, otherwise a very good set with minimal wear. Portrait endpapers. Pages are clean and bright. Small tear to page 32 of volume one; long tear to photo on page 37 of volume two. Maps and thousands of period black and white photographs. 8 x 11, quarto. Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities. Foreword by President William Howard Taft. Part I - The First of the Great Campaigns. Part II - Down The Mississippi Valley. Part III - The Struggle for Richmond. Part IV - Engagements of the Civil War Up to July, 1862. A vital primary resource for anyone interested in the "War between the States." This multi-volume set requires extra postage, billed at actual cost.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Uncommon Works, IOBA, ABAA, ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 860
- Title
- The Photographic History of the Civil War In Ten Volumes [Complete set]
- Author
- Francis Trevelyan Miller
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Review of Reviews Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- confederate, union, American civil war, photography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Gridley, California
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About Uncommon Works, IOBA, ABAA, ILAB
Member, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA. Not your ordinary book store! Uncommon Works specializes in rare, odd, unique, and handmade books, with a focus on the Maya, Latin America, Native America, and the Spanish Conquest. You'll find rare, first editions and first or early printings. You'll even find a few first printings of living authors for sale. We provide services and referrals for book mending, repair, restoration, and binding.
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