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In and Out of Rebel Prisons
by COOPER, Alonzo
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0809442752
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442751
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Alexandria: Time-Life Books, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. Black blind-embossed calf with gilt lettering. vii, 335pp. All edges gilt. Frontispiece, illustrations, decorative endpapers, sewn-in red silk page marker. Fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the R.J. Oliphant (Oswego) 1888 first edition. Part of the "Collector's Library of the Civil War" series. Frank Byrne critiques, "A fairly objective, above-average account of Macon, Savannah, Charleston, Columbia, escape, recapture, and Danville." NEVINS I, 188.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35960
- Title
- In and Out of Rebel Prisons
- Author
- COOPER, Alonzo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0809442752
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442751
- Publisher
- Time-Life Books
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- COLLECTOR'S LIBRARY OF THE CIVIL WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War; Nautical;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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