The Civil War: A Narrative - Fort Sumter to Perryville [Volume 1]
by Shelby Foote
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394419480
- ISBN 13
- 9780394419480
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
Item Price
€23.26€18.61
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. Book. Good. Hardcover. Number line begins with 5. Boards with a few light flecks of discoloration; light shelf wear. Binding just starting at about the author page (final page) sound with no missing or loose pages. Text block with light foxing. Contents unmarked and clean. DJ not clipped ($35.00) light chipping at corners, two small closed tears. Edges rubbed. Spine heel with chipping, about 1/2" loss. International and priority orders subject to additional charge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Although he now makes his home in Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby Foote comes from a long line of Mississippians. He was born in Greenville, Mississippi, and attended school there until he entered the University of North Carolina. During World War II he served in the European theater as a captain of field artillery. In the period since the war, he has written five novels: Tournament, Follow Mc Down, Love in a Dry Season, Shiloh and Jordan County. He has been awarded three Guggenheim fellowships.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073320
- Title
- The Civil War: A Narrative - Fort Sumter to Perryville [Volume 1]
- Author
- Shelby Foote
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394419480
- ISBN 13
- 9780394419480
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- HISTORY CIVIL WAR
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....