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First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter
by W.A. Swanberg
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, 1960. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First U.K. edition. Hardcover. viii+373 pp. with index. Map and two sections of illustrations. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a hint of spine fade and a touch of wear at the extremities. The story of the background and the event that opened the military hostilities of the American Civil War. At the center of this narrative stands Major Robert Anderson, a Southerner by birth who did his duty as a Union officer. The book vividly depicts the plight of those held inside the garrison as mounting tension over secession swept Charleston and The South.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23298
- Title
- First Blood: The Story of Fort Sumter
- Author
- W.A. Swanberg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Publisher
- Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- civil war, fort sumter, sumter, union, confederate, charleston, battles,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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