Life and Services of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Founded on Documentary and Other Evidence, Furnished by his Son, Col. Isaac Wayne. Illustrated with Engravings. 1845
by H.N. Moore
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
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About This Item
John B. Perry. Used - Good. Small 8vo. Dec. brown cloth stamped in blind on boards, gilt on spine. 210 numbered pp. Spine sunned. Scotch tape covering crack in joint and hinge, fray at tail of spine. Corners of boards sunned and fraying. Some speckling to boards. Previous owners' signatures and inscriptions on front pastedown, f.f.e.p., verso of frontis, rear pastedown, pp. 43-44, 194. Foxing throughout. Else fine. Despite its flaws, a sound copy of Howes M-770. Good.
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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
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- Title
- Life and Services of Gen. Anthony Wayne. Founded on Documentary and Other Evidence, Furnished by his Son, Col. Isaac Wayne. Illustrated with Engravings. 1845
- Author
- H.N. Moore
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John B. Perry
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