TARDY GEORGE
by [Boker, G. Henry
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printe, 1865. 4pp. Folio. Printed wrappers. Wrappers detached. Chipped on edges, but good. A poem deriding Gen. George McClellan for not mobilizing Union troops against the South. "Now that you've marshaled your whole command, Planned what you would, and changed what you've planned; Practiced with shot and practiced with shell, Known to a hair where every one fell....Is the whole matter too heavy a charge? What are you waiting for, tardy George?" SABIN 6174.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM26293
- Title
- TARDY GEORGE
- Author
- [Boker, G. Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Privately Printe
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1865
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About the Seller
William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...