New York/London: Charles Scribner's Sons/Charles Scribner's Sons, Ltd., 1949. 388 pp. Original gray cloth covers, lightly foxed. Spine sunned. Front blank endpaper removed. DJ worn and torn w/ approx. 1" loss at top of spine, and approx. 2 1/4" wide x 1" long loss at bottom of spine. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M2868CW
Title: GIANT IN GRAY: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina
Author: Wellman, Manly Wade
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons/Charles Scribner's Sons, Ltd.
Place of Publication: New York/London
Date Published: 1949
Keywords: MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 BIOGRAPHY HAMPTON WADE III 1818 1902 CONFEDERATE CALVARY LEADER ARMY CONFEDERACY POLITICS GOVERNMENT POLITICIAN SOUTH CAROLINA STATE HISTORY SC GOVERNOR UNITED STATES SENATOR WARFARE SLAVERY BLACK HISTORY AFRICAN AMERI
Bookseller catalogs: Politics;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...