A SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Being the Life and Reminiscences of Basil Llewellin Neal.
by Neal, Basil Llewellin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/NONE
- Seller
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Trenton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Washington, Georgia:: The Washington Reporter Print,. Fair/NONE. 1914. Hardcover. Small hardcover first edition with the name/address on front endpaper of Minnie Neal Barnes, presumably a previous owner. Heavy wear to black-lettered gray cloth covers, including bumped corners, edgewear and edge nicks, fraying and small tears at head and foot of spine. Front hinge severely cracked but holding (just barely) , with heavy notes in pencil and ink and glued-on newspaper clippings on related Neal family matters covering both front and rear endpapers. Rear endpapers have small holes (minor; text unaffected) , and some pages are creased. Text underlined here and there, with spotting on some pages. Frontis portraits of author and his wife are creased and foxed, black-and-white photo between pages 56 and 57 of Neal with Civil War relics, including Confederate flag; last page is small b&w photo of old Neal homeplace. 135 pages. Neal served with Company D, 12th Georgia Batallion. No DJ. ; .
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- Bookseller
- Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers (Wise Street Books) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45440
- Title
- A SON OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Being the Life and Reminiscences of Basil Llewellin Neal.
- Author
- Neal, Basil Llewellin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair/NONE
- Publisher
- The Washington Reporter Print,
- Place of Publication
- Washington, Georgia:
- Date Published
- 1914
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Cracked
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- Spine
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.