Danbury, Ct. Privately Printed, 1971. 3rd edition, enlarged.. 4to xv+[1]+249 pp + colophon. Illus from woodcuts, facsimiles of documents and drawings. Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and set in his Dante type; printed at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona on Pescia hand made paper in an edition of 276 copies . of which this is #191. Half blue leather and blue cloth, gilt rule and spine lettering, top edge gilt. In the characteristic Mardersteig slipcase. Blue of spine is lightly faded, else a fine copy. The first edition of this report on the skuldugg. ery of materiel suppliers during the Civil War was printed in an edition of 100 copies. It was later reprinted in an edition of 750..

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Bookseller: About Books, ABAC (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 747
Title: THE HALL CARBINE AFFAIR. An Essay in Historiography
Author: Wasson, R. Gordon
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Danbury, Ct. Privately Printed, 1971. 3rd edition, enlarged.
Keywords: Press Books, Mardersteig, Civil War, History, Americana
Bookseller catalogs: ABE;

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