Cousin Robert's Story
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, shaken, some light soiling, front hinge cracked.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Phillips & Hunt. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, shaken, some light soiling, front . hinge cracked.. 1862. Hardcover. Brick red cloth with decorations and title stamped on front boards and spine. Measures 5.5 x 4 inches. Frontispiece engraving of man in Union soldier uniform waving goodbye to woman and three little children in doorway, one of whom holds American flag. Engraving signed "EJW" (WorldCat notes this refers to Elias James Whitney) and Felter. A story for young readers about the year that the narrator, a boy aged 11 years old, relates about his family life while his carpenter father away from home fighting as a Civil War soldier. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 46 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38843
- Title
- Cousin Robert's Story
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, shaken, some light soiling, front hinge cracked.
- Publisher
- Phillips & Hunt
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War Fiction, 1860s Children's Books, Antiquarian Children's Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Children's Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...