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Grant Takes Command
by Catton, Bruce
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Maps by Samuel H. Bryant. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.00), creased at the lower corner of the front flap, generally toned. Dark blue cloth, faded at the spine, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a yellow top stain, bookplate inside the front board, signature on the front endpaper. Catton's biography of Grant's life during the later war years.
Synopsis
A classic work of military history, follows the enigmatic commander in chief of the Union forces through the last year and a half of the Civil War. It is both a revelatory portrait of Ulysses S. Grant and the dramatic story of how the war was won.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6608
- Title
- Grant Takes Command
- Author
- Catton, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- Civil War, General, Military, Military Biography, Army, Union Army, 19th Century, Presidents
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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