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Surry of Eagle's Nest; or, The Memoirs of A Staff Officer Serving in Virginia
by Cooke, John Esten (Edited, from the MSS. of Colonel Surry)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: F. J. Huntington, 1866. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. viii, 9-484 pages, 8 pages of publisher advertisements. Frontispiece illustration and three more illustrations in text all by Winslow Homer. Front hinge is broken and partially glued. Rear hinge is cracked. Signature pulling loose from the text block pages 315-335. Persistent damp stains to the lower text edges. Light edge and shelf wear to the cloth binding. Contemporary inscription of "Mrs. Ann Miller, Liberty County, MO" written on the front paste down. Her name is written on page 99 and on page 484. A fair copy only.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22710
- Title
- Surry of Eagle's Nest; or, The Memoirs of A Staff Officer Serving in Virginia
- Author
- Cooke, John Esten (Edited, from the MSS. of Colonel Surry)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Publisher
- F. J. Huntington
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Confederacy
Terms of Sale
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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