Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2006 . Stated First Edition. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, xvi, 270 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Interesting and detailed analysis of events at Anderson Prison during the Civil War, and of Henry Wirz's responsibility for conditions there. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. LIght staining to edges of text block and bottom rear corner of rear paste-down. Book condition VG in a VG+ Dust Jacket.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: LH7818
Title: Captain Henry Wirz And Anderson Prison, A Reappraisal
Author: Ruhlman, R. Fred
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The University of Tennessee Press
Place of Publication: Knoxville
Date Published: 2006
Bookseller catalogs: Civil War;

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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...
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....
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...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....