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Woman’s work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism & Patience….
by Brockett. L. P. (Linus Pierpont) and Mary C. Vaughan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Clean original maroon cloth with gilt title on spine. Pictorial frontispiece and half title page. Additional fourteen steel engravings. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. A few lightly foxed pages. Prior owners' inscription. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine sunned, else a near-fine copy. Contents: Superintendent of Nurses; Ladies who ministered to the sick, wounded, in camp, field and hospitals; Ladies who forwarded supplies to the hospitals; Services among the freedmen and refugees; Services in soldiers' homes; Services in the National Cause; Services in soldiers' homes; Services in the National Cause. Military, Civil War, Nursing; Steel engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 799 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266
- Title
- Woman’s work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism & Patience….
- Author
- Brockett. L. P. (Linus Pierpont) and Mary C. Vaughan
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Zeigler McCurdy
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1867
- Pages
- 799
- Size
- thick 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War, Slavery, Women's studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Some late additions; Women's studies;
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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