Report of the Secretary of War, Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress At the Beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-Sixth Congress, Vol. III
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth binding with usual library markings. Contains the Report of the Chief of Ordnance including reports from various arsenals, Gardner machine gun, Gatling guns and all the information regarding ordnance. Upper edge lightly dust-dulled with light age-tanning to text. No marks to text. Binding is weak but no breaks to end papers. Gilt to spine worn and barely readable. Corners rounded with wear to one corner. ; Ex-Library; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 533 pages .
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- Seller
- The Book Lady (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 293
- Title
- Report of the Secretary of War, Being Part of the Message and Documents Communicated to the Two Houses of Congress At the Beginning of the Third Session of the Forty-Sixth Congress, Vol. III
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Military, Reports To Congress
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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About the Seller
The Book Lady
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Lawrence, Kansas
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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