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Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan
by Sheridan, P. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles L. Webster. VG. 1888. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, a two volume set bound in matching green cloth with gil t lettering and pictorial designs. Set contains frontis plates, 15 add itional plates, and 27 maps, several which are fold-outs. A Very Good set. Volume 1 has tiny frays to the spine tips and to the corners. Own er's name neatly penciled on the front fly leaf. One of the fold-out m aps is creased and lightly worn along the outer edges. Volume II's low er corners are rubbed down to the inner boards. Small frays to the spi ne tips. One section of the text is slightly pulled but still firmly a ttached to the binding. Both volumes have offset tanning to the title pages from the frontis plate engravings. Overall a solid set. Shipping weight is six pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11656
- Title
- Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan
- Author
- Sheridan, P. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles L. Webster
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1888
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
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About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Plate
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- VG
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- First Edition
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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