WAR LETTERS 1862-1865 OF JOHN CHIPMAN GRAY AND JOHN CODMAN ROPES
by Gray, John Chapman and Ropes, John Codman
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Massachusetts Historical Society, 1927. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Historical Society. 1927. Limited First Edition of 1275 copies. Hardcover, no jacket. 532pp. Ex-lib with sticker to ffep, and card/due date stickers at rear (never withdrawn from library). Very Good condtion. Gray paper covered boards with embossed Historical Society stamp on front. Black buckram spine with gilt titling. Boards lightly shelfworn, with unbumped corners and clean spine. Some dust spotting to page edges. Interior is clean and bright and securely bound. Almost all the pages remain uncut. Both authors gained prominance as historians in later life. "The letters now published present an immediate picture of certain phases of the contest, but drawn by specially competent hands". (cfm)
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- Seller
- Parnassus Book Service
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 24043
- Title
- WAR LETTERS 1862-1865 OF JOHN CHIPMAN GRAY AND JOHN CODMAN ROPES
- Author
- Gray, John Chapman and Ropes, John Codman
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Historical Society
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR
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