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The Military Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Ballard, Brigadier-General Colin R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company [1952], 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [4], v-viii, [10], 1-246 pp. Grey cloth with silver lettering and decorations on the front board and spine, silver lettering blocked in navy on the spine; orange topstain. Price of $5.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous full-page maps and photographs (black and white). Photographs from the Meserve Collection. With a preface by Fletcher Pratt. Howes B-73. Originally published in London in 1926, this is the first American edition. A small bookstore sticker from the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop on the rear pastedown; jacket shows minor rubbing.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000010852
- Title
- The Military Genius of Abraham Lincoln
- Author
- Ballard, Brigadier-General Colin R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- The World Publishing Company [1952]
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1952
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Evening Star Books
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Madison, Wisconsin
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