THE POSTAL SERVICES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
by Dietz, August
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Richmond: Press of the Dietz Printing Company, 1929. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto. [2], xii, 439 pp., frontis, facsims, plates, illus, Limited edition, number 16 of 75 copies, signed and inscribed by Dietz with an additional manuscript note in Deitz's hand so stating the limitation. As issued, in full gray leather titled and decorated in gold on both boards and spine; top edge gilt; profusely illustrated with in-text photographic reproductions and facsimiles as well as a few color plates. Light rubbing to the spine ends and a bit of soiling on the covers; contents clean.
A nice copy of what Nevins describes as, "[a] detailed study of one Confederate department; buttressed with official documents, letters and illustrations" CWB II, 172. Harwell calls it "[u]nrivalled in its area" In Tall Cotton 43. This copy from the library of noted collector Charles R. Sanders, Jr. with his book label on the rear pastedown.
A nice copy of what Nevins describes as, "[a] detailed study of one Confederate department; buttressed with official documents, letters and illustrations" CWB II, 172. Harwell calls it "[u]nrivalled in its area" In Tall Cotton 43. This copy from the library of noted collector Charles R. Sanders, Jr. with his book label on the rear pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7741
- Title
- THE POSTAL SERVICES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
- Author
- Dietz, August
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Press of the Dietz Printing Company
- Place of Publication
- Richmond
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; History--U.S; Civil War & Military;
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Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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