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Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, Late Retired General, U. S. A; A Graphic History of His Career in War and Peace; His Romantic Youth; His Stern and Patriotic Manhood; His Calm and Beautiful Old Age; A Marvelous March From the Mountains of Time to the Sea of Eternity. -- Carefully Reviewed, Chapter by Chapter and with an Introduction by Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard. -- Numerous Maps and Illustrations
by Johnson, W. Fletcher
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edged Publishing Company, 1891. First Edition. Half leather. Good. Octavo, 607 pp., half red leather, gilt fore-edges, floral end-papers, frontis with tissue guard, Pages 226-230 have been cut with a scissors creating neat closed tears (until you open the pages) that run partially to almost fully from the margin to the gutter. Light rubbing to the extremities; one very small closed tear to the bottom of the spine. Binding is sound. -- Other than the scissored pages, I would have described this book as very good.
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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8879
- Title
- Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, Late Retired General, U. S. A; A Graphic History of His Career in War and Peace; His Romantic Youth; His Stern and Patriotic Manhood; His Calm and Beautiful Old Age; A Marvelous March From the Mountains of Time to the Sea of Eternity. -- Carefully Reviewed, Chapter by Chapter and with an Introduction by Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard. -- Numerous Maps and Illustrations
- Author
- Johnson, W. Fletcher
- Format/Binding
- Half leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edged Publishing Company
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Nonfiction, Americana, Biography, Military, Civil War, Bindings, Half leather
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
Terms of Sale
Lonesome Water Books
We accept: Most Credit Cards, Paypal. Payment in U.S. Currency Only. If you would like to order direct call 541-719-8216. 11am-5pm Pacific Time. Returnable for any reason within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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