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The Civil War : Strange and Fascinating Facts
by Davis, Burke
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0517371510
- ISBN 13
- 9780517371510
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Wing Books/Random House Value Publishing, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Raymond Houlihan. Type: Hardback Originally published as "Our Incredible Civil War", 1960. This is a later printing of this 1996 edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Drawings throughout by Raymond Houlihan. While Burke Davis was creating an impressive corpus of work about the Civil War (Gray Fox, Jeb Stuart, To Appomattox, and others), he was collecting rare incidents and facts that struck his fancy. The result is this entertaining new look at the personalities and changes of the Civil War era. Pages are toned, otherwise book is in Fine condition, with yellow cloth binding, bright and sharp gilt titles, solid & tight, square with sharp corners. Internals very clean and unmarked. Jacket design by Cindy LaBreacht, quite clean with trace wear to spine head and heel. 249 pages with bibliography. 6.25 x 9.3 inches. 1996, Wing Books/Random House Value Publishing, New York, New York, USA
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020341
- Title
- The Civil War : Strange and Fascinating Facts
- Author
- Davis, Burke
- Illustrator
- Raymond Houlihan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0517371510
- ISBN 13
- 9780517371510
- Publisher
- Wing Books/Random House Value Publishing
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR, UNITED STATES; HISTORY, 1861-1865; ANECDOTES; HUMOR;
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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