Report of The Secretary of War 1855-1856
by George B McClellan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Camden, Maine, United States
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About This Item
A O P Nicholson Printer, Washington. 1857, 1st Ed, Cloth spine backstrip separated from book but included, 4to, (oversized), brown cloth blind-stamped binding, gold lettering on backstrip faded,owner's stamp on front endpaper, endpages lightly foxed, hinges and binding are tight, The Report of Captain George B McClellan (1st Regiment United States Cavalry) one of the Officers sent to the Seat of War in Europe 1855 and 1856, a report on the Crimean War with diagrams of battle formations, Cavalry instructions, sabre thrusts, equipment, descriptions of the French, Prussian, Russian, and U S Cavalries, 356 pages with index, large attached hand-colored map in the back, of Sevastopol September 1 1855, has 5" tear on one edge.
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- Bookseller
- Stone Soup Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2279
- Title
- Report of The Secretary of War 1855-1856
- Author
- George B McClellan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A O P Nicholson Printer, Washington
- Place of Publication
- Washington D C
- Date Published
- 1857
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Cloth
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- 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....