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Campaigning with Grant
by General Horace Porter, LL.D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Company, 1897. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Originally printed in 1897, this work provides an eyewitness account to two military efforts which lead to the defeat of the Confederacy--the breaking of the siege at Chattanooga, and the battle at Appomattox. Porter (a brigadier general in the Union army) also offers a portrait of Grant, detailing his daily acts, his personal traits and habits, and the motives that inspired him.(Synopsis from Google Books). Hardcover. Facsimile copy, reprinted in 1981 from the 1897 first edition. Dark navy blue cloth binding. Illustrated front cover with civil war scene embossment and gilt lettering, slightly worn. Raised bands on spine with star embossment and gilt lettering. Marbled end pages in blue, red and gold color themes. Slight rubbing. Frontispiece bears black and white image of General Grant. Gilt edges, ever so slightly scratched. Illustrated in black and white throughout, including a copy of a letter written in General Grant's own hand. Front endpapers bear owners bookplate. Clean pages with no creasing and no marginalia. Very occasional foxing on several pages. Red, silk ribbon bookmark. Indexed. 546 pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 064469
- Title
- Campaigning with Grant
- Author
- General Horace Porter, LL.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Century Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War,|General Ulysses S. Grant,|North and South
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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