A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends & Folklore
by B.A. Botkin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0883940493
- ISBN 13
- 9780883940495
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From front DJ flap: "This book contains a rich sampling of Civil War storytelling of all types - personal narratives, anecdotes, hero tales, legends, historical traditions, yarns, tall tales, jests, strange tales, fables. Culled from a wide variety of contemporary sources - letters, diaries, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets - and from the great body of Civil War reminiscences and regimental histories, over 330 stories have been arranged both chronologically and by subject to form a story history of the war."
Book Condition: Very Good-. Covers are clean and show slight wear. Front end paper has a couple brown spots - please see photos. There is also a small light yellow stain on closed book edge, and a couple light bumps on the top edge. Otherwise pages are clean and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Small stain on front near bottom. Light bumping on all sides, wear at edges/corners and DJ flap folds, chips and tears. Largest tear is on back and about 1.5" long. Color is good.
625 pages including Notes and Index.
Book Condition: Very Good-. Covers are clean and show slight wear. Front end paper has a couple brown spots - please see photos. There is also a small light yellow stain on closed book edge, and a couple light bumps on the top edge. Otherwise pages are clean and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Small stain on front near bottom. Light bumping on all sides, wear at edges/corners and DJ flap folds, chips and tears. Largest tear is on back and about 1.5" long. Color is good.
625 pages including Notes and Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1282
- Title
- A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends & Folklore
- Author
- B.A. Botkin
- Illustrator
- Warren Chappell
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0883940493
- ISBN 13
- 9780883940495
- Publisher
- Promontory Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 23, 2006
- Keywords
- Civil War, American Civil War, history, first hand accounts, letters, diaries, newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, regimental histories, legends, tall tales, human interest
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Fiction - Adult; History - American;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fair
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