Alphabetical List of Additions made to the War Department Library from May, 1884, to June, 1891
by War Department
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Book. Very Good. Silk. First Edition. 4to. First edition. 4to. Brown silk binding, titles in gilt, 114 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate from the Sturgis Library, one of the oldest in the nation. Fading to rear board, dot of white to spine. Solid, clean book. Very good..
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- Seller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 014207
- Title
- Alphabetical List of Additions made to the War Department Library from May, 1884, to June, 1891
- Author
- War Department
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1891
- Size
- 4to
- Keywords
- WAR DEPARTMENT LIBRARY BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Books About Books;
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
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- Spine
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