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Grant Takes Command
by Bruce Catton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Poor
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From front DJ flap: "In the summer of 1863 after the climactic battle at Vicksburg, Lincoln's government was more interested in Ulysses Simpson Grant than any other man alive."
This book gives a "detailed and revealing portrait of Grant during the last year and a half of the war.
Book - Good+ condition. Navy cloth over boards with gold gilt image on front and gold gilt text on spine. Yellow tint on top of pages, Light stains on closed book page edges. Text is clean and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Poor condition. Appears to have a water stain on back bottom that did not affect the pages of the book. Much edge/corner wear including small tears and some chips.
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556 pages including Index.
Synopsis
A classic work of military history, follows the enigmatic commander in chief of the Union forces through the last year and a half of the Civil War. It is both a revelatory portrait of Ulysses S. Grant and the dramatic story of how the war was won.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2057
- Title
- Grant Takes Command
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 556
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War, American History, Lincoln, government, Ulysses S. Grant, biography, written portrait
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Biography; History - American;
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
EXCEPT as noted in description. 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
The Blue & Grey Book Shoppe specializes in Civil War, Local History, other American History, and all variety of non-fiction books - plus Music, Fine Art, Maps, Gift Items, Doll Clothes, and Much More!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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