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Confederate Raider: Raphael Semmes of the Alabama
by Taylor, John M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good (in mylar)
- ISBN 10
- 0028810864
- ISBN 13
- 9780028810867
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1994. Ink writing on fep, ink marginalia and underlining on about a dozen pages, else very clean and tight. B&W photographs. Cloth spine bumped at the foot, paper boards. Unclipped dust jacket, creased at foot of spine, tear at head of spine, light edge wear. 317pp., including notes and index.. Book Club Edition. Quarter Cloth. Very Good/Very Good (in mylar). Illus. by B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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Details
- Seller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SB14480
- Title
- Confederate Raider: Raphael Semmes of the Alabama
- Author
- Taylor, John M
- Illustrator
- B&W Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (in mylar)
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0028810864
- ISBN 13
- 9780028810867
- Publisher
- Brassey's
- Place of Publication
- Washington, DC
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Raphael Semmes Biography, Confederate States of America Admirals Biography, Confederate States of America Navy Biography, United States History, United States Civil War History, United States Civil War Naval Operations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Biography & Autobiography; Naval/Nautical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
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About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
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- Book Club Edition
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- Jacket
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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