GENERAL LEE: GREAT COMMANDERS
by [Americana] Lee, Fitzhugh
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ binding
- Seller
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [12], 433, [1 (blank)], [2 (ads)] pp., frontis, map. First edition. As issued in publisher's green cloth with with title in gold and silver stamped medallion in the center of the front board; top edge gilt; frontispiece portrait of Lee and three maps (two folding) are present as called for. A remarkably nice copy; spine and board edges only a trifle sunned otherwise very little wear to speak of; a solidly bound copy; front free endpaper and first blank have a vertical crease through the leaf; a bit of foxing to the frontispiece, tissue guard, and title page, otherwise contents are clean and fresh. Nevins notes that this "includes copious extracts from Lee's private letters" CWB II, 71.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7141
- Title
- GENERAL LEE: GREAT COMMANDERS
- Author
- [Americana] Lee, Fitzhugh
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Bookseller catalogs
- History--U.S; Civil War & Military;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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