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With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War
by Cowley, Robert (Edited by)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0399147373
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147371
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnma's Sons, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 522 pages. Ex-library copy with usual marks and card pocket removed from rear end-paper. First edition, first printing with full number line. Contains 36 essays by various authors on military history, political strategy and the major personalities who shaped the conflict. An excellent reading copy, clean, square, tight and with text unmarred. Jacket in clear acetate wrappers. Very good in a very good dust-jacket. .
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- Seller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016200
- Title
- With My Face to the Enemy: Perspectives on the Civil War
- Author
- Cowley, Robert (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0399147373
- ISBN 13
- 9780399147371
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnma's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Civil War, Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
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