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Descriptive Guide of the Battlefield of Saratoga Illustrated
by Sprague, Rev. Delos E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Ballston Spa, NY: Battlefield Publishing Co., Inc., 1930. First Edition. Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the front board. A small octavo of 73/4 by 4 7/8 inches with light ware and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower tips of the boards with map end sheets. Without a dust jacket. 93 pages including an index and text. Illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art, maps and images from black and white photographs.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB32890
- Title
- Descriptive Guide of the Battlefield of Saratoga Illustrated
- Author
- Sprague, Rev. Delos E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Battlefield Publishing Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Ballston Spa, NY
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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