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FARRAGUT AND OUR NAVAL COMMANDERS; A Companion Volume to Headley's "Grant and Sherman"
by Headley, J. T
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. B. Treat & Company, 1867. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good. steel engragings. 8vo, blind-stamped green cloth with derpiction of monitor in gilt on cover ("Our Navy 1861 to 1865") and copious gilt lettering on spine, illustrated with steel engravings, 609 pages. Light rubbing to corners; slightly shaken, previous owner's inscription on front pastedown. Pages generally clean though there is some foxing to the steel engravings and occasional browned offset of engraved images onto otherwise clean pages. Overall a much better than average copy of this Scarce, large and informative summary about Union Naval Officers during the Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127
- Title
- FARRAGUT AND OUR NAVAL COMMANDERS; A Companion Volume to Headley's "Grant and Sherman"
- Author
- Headley, J. T
- Illustrator
- steel engragings
- Format/Binding
- Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. B. Treat & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- Civil War, naval, warfare, Farragut, strategy, illustrated, fine binding, Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Semmes, blockade, Mississippi, monitor, merrimac, Fort sumter
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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