A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
by Johnson, Bradley T. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Baltimore, Maryland: R. H. Woodward & Company, 1891. x, 362 pages. First printing of this scarce biography of Confederate General J. E. Johnston. The book is clean and tight, with minimal edgewear; dusty top edge of the textblock; lettering on spine rubbed but still legible. On the first blank page there is a pencilled Christmas 1891 gift inscription by a previous owner.. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1044
- Title
- A MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICE OF JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
- Author
- Johnson, Bradley T. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- R. H. Woodward & Company
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1891
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Biography;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.