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Reminiscences of the Blue and Gray '61 - '65
by Frazar Kirkland ; Benson J. Lossing - Intro
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Preston Publishing Co., 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Assume First Edition, HB/ no DJ, VG condition. 705 pages. Illus w/ over 300 engravings. Green cloth binding shows little wear, esp. for age; light rubbing, light wear at top and bottom of spine. NO frays, bumps, soil, etc. Paste down title & publisher labels on spine are sunned, but legible at angle in light. Spine itself NOT sunned or discolored. Endpapers toned & somewhat brittle. Free endpapers show minor chipping at edges. ALL edges of text block are gold gilt- which is beautiful- shiny & completely intact. Text lightly toned, moderately toned in margins; TIGHT, clean & unmarked. Endpaper cracks at front & back hinges, NOT extending to spine binding. Covers, spine & text block are FIRMLY attached. Quite nice, very presentable copy. Oversize (10 x 8"") & heavy (almost 5 lbs.). ***Reliable & fast! (65)""
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 242
- Title
- Reminiscences of the Blue and Gray '61 - '65
- Author
- Frazar Kirkland ; Benson J. Lossing - Intro
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Preston Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1895
Terms of Sale
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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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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