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The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told By Participants (2 Volume Set)
by Commager, Henry Steele (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1950. Hardcover, gray cloth lettered in gold and silver on spine with faux blue spine label with crossed swords in silver. No dust-jackets, albeit both volumes now in protective acetate wraps. Preface by Douglas Southall Freeman. Top edges stained red. 1201 pages. Bibliography and index at end of vol. II. Illustrated with maps, drawings and photographs. No previous ownership marks. Incidental light flaking to gold spine titles, else a clean, square, unmarked set in pristine slipcase. Very good+ in fine box. A heavy set, extra postage will apply.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012724
- Title
- The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told By Participants (2 Volume Set)
- Author
- Commager, Henry Steele (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- The Bobbs Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Civil War, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
Glossary
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine Label
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- Spine
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- Fine
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