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What They Fought for 1861-1865
by McPherson, James M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0807119040
- ISBN 13
- 9780807119044
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 88 pages, indexed. Hardcover in a bronze and black dust jacket with gold and black spine. Light wear and rubbing to the dust jacket. Stated First Edition. Illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. Text is clean and sound.
Synopsis
An analysis of the Civil War, drawing on letters and diaries by more than one thousand soldiers, gives voice to the personal reasons behind the war, offering insight into the ideology that shaped both sides.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 049503
- Title
- What They Fought for 1861-1865
- Author
- McPherson, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0807119040
- ISBN 13
- 9780807119044
- Publisher
- Louisiana State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Baton Rouge and London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- 1994; James McPherson; Pulitzer Prize Winning Historian; Civil War; Confederacy; Union; American History; History of the American South; Walter Lynwood Fleming Lectures in Southern History;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- X weight
- 1.1 lb
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Jacket
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