The American Iliad: The Epic Story of the Civil War as Narrated by Eyewitnesses and Contemporaries
by Eisenschiml, Otto; Newman, Ralph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1947. Signed, limited. cloth. Near Fine. One of 555 numbered copies signed by both authors. This copy additionally inscribed warmly by Newman on the front free endpaper. Light green buckram stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 720 pp. Illustrated. Tight, near fine example, some offsetting to the limitation page. Issued without dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E6715B
- Title
- The American Iliad: The Epic Story of the Civil War as Narrated by Eyewitnesses and Contemporaries
- Author
- Eisenschiml, Otto; Newman, Ralph
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed, limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- civil war, grant ulysses, lee robert , union, confederate, confederacy, military, memoirs, diaries, journals, letters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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