High Old Salts
by [ATTRIBUTION-NAVY] Adams, F. Colburn
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine chipping in the leather, corners rubbed. Hinges good./No Jacket
- Seller
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Grayson, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Washington City: Published For the Author, 1870. First Edition. Wraps bound into ¾ leather. Spine chipping in the leather, corners rubbed. Hinges good./No Jacket. Presentation to General Winfield S. Hancock. Also tipped in is an Hancock signature with Maj Gen after his name. Very rare narrative from directly after the War. Heavy on the navy and which is disrespectful in many ways to both the service and high ranking officers. It has a "chapter," he calls them "letters," on the Red River Campaign. Wraps bound into ¾ leather. Text VG+.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY TO THE GREAT UNION CIVIL WAR GENERAL, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER TO THAT AFFECT. HANCOCK WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 1880S. also TIPPED IN IS THE SIGNATURE OF HANCOCK WITH MAJ GEN AFTER HIS NAME. A RARE COMBINATION!!
THIS IS A PRESENTATION COPY TO THE GREAT UNION CIVIL WAR GENERAL, WINFIELD S. HANCOCK. THERE IS AN INSCRIPTION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER TO THAT AFFECT. HANCOCK WAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN THE 1880S. also TIPPED IN IS THE SIGNATURE OF HANCOCK WITH MAJ GEN AFTER HIS NAME. A RARE COMBINATION!!
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- Bookseller
- Old South Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2
- Title
- High Old Salts
- Author
- [ATTRIBUTION-NAVY] Adams, F. Colburn
- Format/Binding
- Wraps bound into ¾ leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine chipping in the leather, corners rubbed. Hinges good.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Published For the Author
- Place of Publication
- Washington City
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Rare Civil War. Union Navy. Signed. W.S. Hancock.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Tipped In
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- First Edition
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- 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...