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Outlines from the Outpost
by Cooke, John Esten; Richard Harwell (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1961. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, gilt medallion on cover, fore and bottom edges deckle, t.e.g., Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and in-text drawings throughout. Cooke served under J. E. B. Stuart as an officer in the Confederate cavalry. "From the exciting tale of Stuart's ride around McClellan in June 1862 to the poignant picture of the tragic end of a great army, as sublime in exhausted defeat as it was for years in victory, "Outlines from the Outpost" provides for us a vivid and fascinating picture of the Army of Northern Virginia.". Spine very lightly creased, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. FINE.. The Lakeside Classics Series. Vol. 59. B&W Illustrations. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. (xxxiv), 413 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9094
- Title
- Outlines from the Outpost
- Author
- Cooke, John Esten; Richard Harwell (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. R. Donnelley & Sons / The Lakeside Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- History;, American History;, Civil War;, Military History;, Lakeside Classics;
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Fine
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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...
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