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The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia - June 1864-April 1865
by Trudeau, Noah Andre
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316853275
- ISBN 13
- 9780316853279
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Little Brown & Company, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition complete number line including number one. Hard cover with cream boards, brown spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering in very good condition. Verso of front board has shadow of a one inch square removed sticker. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. However does have a black line remainder mark on bottom of text block. Black & white maps and illustrations throughout. Concludes with Notes to the chapters, Bibliography, Acknowledgments, Note on the Organization of Forces, Organization of Forces (1864-1865) and a comprehensive Index. Dust very good with just ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket, "". . .the first full-length treatment of the most extensive military operation of the Civil War - the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. The Petersburg campaign officially began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3, 1865 . . . it was the longest and most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet it has been over-shadowed by other actions that occurred in the same time period. . . ""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001178
- Title
- The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia - June 1864-April 1865
- Author
- Trudeau, Noah Andre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316853275
- ISBN 13
- 9780316853279
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Civil War, Petersburg Virginia - History - Siege 1864-1865, Virginia - History - Civil War 1861-1865, Virginia
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the Civil War;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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