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A RECORD OF EVENTS IN NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FROM APRIL 19TH, 1861, TO MAY 10TH, 1862, WITH A HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF NORFOLK COUNY, NORFOLK CITY AND PORTSMOUTH WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY OR NAVY
by Porter, John W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk: W.A. Fiske, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 366 pages+ six pages of local business ads. Full page illustration of the Merrimack, three text figures. Brown cloth with spine titles in gilt. Tall octavo. Corners bumped, textblock square. Some light scuffing to cover. Bookplate, interior bright in tight binding. Detailed accounting of the regiments, officers and troops.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74708
- Title
- A RECORD OF EVENTS IN NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FROM APRIL 19TH, 1861, TO MAY 10TH, 1862, WITH A HISTORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF NORFOLK COUNY, NORFOLK CITY AND PORTSMOUTH WHO SERVED IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY OR NAVY
- Author
- Porter, John W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W.A. Fiske
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- Civil War, Nautical, Civil War Nautical Craft, Ironclads
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- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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