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A Critical Examination of Our Financial Policy During the Southern Rebellion
by Simon Newcomb
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton and Company: New York, 1865. Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1865. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); publisher's dark purple pebble-grained cloth, gilt-lettered spine, yellow glazed endpapers; 222,[6]pp. General shelf wear, corners bumped with brief exposure, spine crown chipped and gilt significantly dulled, a few small bleach stains to upper cover; still, overall Very Good, internally clean and sound save for small rubber-stamp to title page verso.
The Canadian-American's investigative treatise on the money acquired during the Civil War by the North.
[Sabin 54936].
The Canadian-American's investigative treatise on the money acquired during the Civil War by the North.
[Sabin 54936].
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9367
- Title
- A Critical Examination of Our Financial Policy During the Southern Rebellion
- Author
- Simon Newcomb
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York
- Place of Publication
- D. Appleton and Company
- Date Published
- 1865
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