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THE PLATTSBURGER.
by (Wolf, Colonel Paul A.; Baer, Joseph A.; Schauffer, Robert Haven; et al)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Plattsburger, Inc., 1917., 1917.. Good. - Quarto, 12 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide. Brown cloth with the title & date embossed in black on the front cover. The covers are rubbed with several stains and there is wear to the corners and a short tear to the top edge of the rear joint. 240 pages, with profuse full-page and textual illustrations throughout, including portraits and illustrations by artists including C. Arnold Slade, P.D. Brown, and others, as well as several of Bud Fisher's "Mutt & Jeff" cartoons. There are also numerous illustrated ads. The text block is cracked at page 24 and there are a couple of minor stains. Good.
A First World War Plattsburgh, NY army Training Camp Yearbook printed by the Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. with profuse ads by national as well as local Plattsburgh (then spelled without the final "h") businesses.
The year book is dedicated to "Colonel Paul A. Wolf, Inf., U.S.A., Commandant of the Plattsburg Training Camp, officer and maker of officers, this book, a record of the Second Camp, is respecfully dedicated by its members."
Essays, articles, poems include "Reveille" by Aristides E. Phoutrides, "How the Camp Was Run", "The Diary of Candidate Useless", "Regular Army Officers at Plattsburg", the lyrics to "The Last Long Mile" and "Wig Wag Willie" both by E. Breitenfeld with textual illustrations and the music score, also the lyrics to "Give Me a Kiss by the Numbers", by J.F. Trounstine with illustrations and the score. Other essays include "Second Battery Secrets", "The Cheerful Fifth Battery", and depictions of the New York and New England Army Baseball teams.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96644
- Title
- THE PLATTSBURGER.
- Author
- (Wolf, Colonel Paul A.; Baer, Joseph A.; Schauffer, Robert Haven; et al)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Plattsburger, Inc., 1917.
- Date Published
- 1917.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- MILITARY; AMERICANA; PLATTSBURGH, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; FIRST WORLD WAR; NEW YORK ARMY TRAINING CAMP YEARBOOK; YEAR BOOK; TWENTIETH CENTURY; FIRST WORLD WAR; WWI; 20TH CENTURY; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; BUD FISHER; MUTT & JEFF; THE PLATTSBURGER
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- Military;
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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