New York: Harper & Brothers, 1863. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Binding and hinges sound. Pages clean, some foxed, tanned. Embossed cloth over boards is edge rubbed with light shelf wear. Bumped corners at bottom and light wear to extremities of spine. Gilt lettering faded. ; William Howard Russell (1827-1907) was an Irish reporter with The [London] Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. ; Ex-Library; 9.25" tall; 225 pages.

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Seller: Cat's Cradle Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 3460135
Title: My Diary North and South
Author: Russell, William Howard
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good with no dust jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1863
Keywords: HISTORY, UNITED STATES, AMERICA, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, DIARY, JOURNALIST, MILITARY, CIVIL WAR
Bookseller catalogs: History; Americana;

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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...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...