Fighting Joe: or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer
by OPTIC, Oliver (William T. Adams)
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- Hardcover
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1866. Hardcover. 16mo. Newly rebound in quarter black calf and tan marbled paper over boards, gilt spine. 326pp. Illustration. Fine/very good. Binding is fine -- superbly crafted and tasteful -- while text block from title page through final text page is lightly age toned, with the occasional bit of fixing and mild edgewear. Overall a quite attractive second printing of this 1865 "Story of the Great Rebellion," being the fifth volume in Optic's six-volume series "The Army and Navy Stories." In a preface, Adams makes a point of noting that "This volume... is not a biography of the distinguished soldier whose sobriquet in the army has been chosen as its principal title, though the prominent incidents of his military career are noticed in its pages." A beautiful copy.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31911
- Title
- Fighting Joe: or, The Fortunes of a Staff Officer
- Author
- OPTIC, Oliver (William T. Adams)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lee and Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War; American Literature;
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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