Letters From Lee's Army. Or Memoirs of Life In and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States
by Blackford, Susan Leigh (et al)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. A compilation "From original and contemporaneous memoirs, correspondence and diaries." Anotated by Charles Minor Blackford; edited and abridged by Charles Minor Blackford III.This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, lacking a dustjacket. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. Clean text; 312 pages, indexed; rather high-quality paper stock for an immediate postwar production. Light wear, with mild bumping at the corners; gilt lettering slightly faded. . First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000472
- Title
- Letters From Lee's Army. Or Memoirs of Life In and Out of the Army in Virginia During the War Between the States
- Author
- Blackford, Susan Leigh (et al)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
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