THE AMERICAN WARS 1755-1953: A Pictorial History from Quebec to Korea
by Meredith, Roy
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and NY: The World Publishing Company, (1955).. (1955).. Good. - 4to, gray buckram (spine & extremities faded with light stain to head of spine) titled in white with vignette in B&W on front cover, in pictorial dw (rubbed, chipped & soiled; price crossed out in ink). 349 pp. (page edges slightly darkened; staining to inner edges of endpapers with numeral crossed out in black ink on front endpaper; light staining to fore- edge & to front edges of a few pages). Profuse full-page & textual illustrations in B&W. Good. <p>First edition.<p>"This is the pictorial history of the American wars as seen by artists in uniform, a unique compilation of the work in sketch book and on canvas of the men who recorded history as they made it....Soldiers sketched as they appeared in the field, fortifications, battle arrays are here; here also are portraits and battle scenes, drawn by eyewitnesses, some after the event, but all dramatic with the firsthand knowledge of the artist."--From the dw.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21648
- Title
- THE AMERICAN WARS 1755-1953: A Pictorial History from Quebec to Korea
- Author
- Meredith, Roy
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cleveland and NY: The World Publishing Company, (1955).
- Date Published
- (1955).
- Keywords
- MILITARY; MILITARY ART; DRAWING; PAINTING; AMERICANA; AMERICAN WARS; PICTORIAL HISTORY; FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR; AMERICAN REVOLUTION; WEST; WESTERN FRONTIER; WEST POINT; MEXICAN WAR; CIVIL WAR; INDIAN WARS; SPANISH AMERICAN WAR; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; K
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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