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Harvard University in the War of 1861-1865: A Record of Services Rendered in the Army and Navy of the United States by the Graduates and Students of Harvard College and the Professional Schools
by Francis H. Brown
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Cupples, Upham, and Company, 1886. Cloth. Very Good -. The uncommon 1886 original printing. Solid and VG- in its dark cloth, with notable splotching along the spine and light wear along its crown. Rear inner hinge with narrow splitting but still holding firmly. Handsome armorial bookplate (R. Godon Barr) at the front pastedown, otherwise very clean internally, with no writing, markings or foxing to speak of. Thick octavo, top-edge gilt, 407 pgs.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22041
- Title
- Harvard University in the War of 1861-1865: A Record of Services Rendered in the Army and Navy of the United States by the Graduates and Students of Harvard College and the Professional Schools
- Author
- Francis H. Brown
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cupples, Upham, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- rare Civil War, the role of Harvard in the Civil War, rare Harvard, rare histories of Harvard University
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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