Decisive Battles of the Civil War
by MITCHELL, Joseph B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 226pp. 35 maps (26 partly-colored). Very good/very good. First edition. Gates' ownership signature on front flyleaf. Laid in is a fine Autograph Letter Signed from Mitchell, 1p, small 4to, Alexandria, VA, 5 May 1960. Thanks Gates for his praise of "Decisive Battles": "Being human, I am always pleased to be told that people think my book is good." NEVINS I, 38. DORNBUSCH III, 1406.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29856
- Title
- Decisive Battles of the Civil War
- Author
- MITCHELL, Joseph B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- CIVIL WAR; SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
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