Columbus, OH: Privately Printed, 1929. Dark brown heavy card covers have creasing/rubbing/bumping around the edges but no heavy chipping or rips/tears of any kind. The last page has pulled away from the binding staples at the rear inside hinge, but the page itself is still firmly attached to binding. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Fold-out frontispiece is fully intact and in excellent condition. Spine is straight and smooth, with no gaps or other damage to bnding. Copyright page states "Seven Hundredth Thousand". Overall, an absolutely lovely copy of one soldier's tribute to his comrades in arms.. Reprint. Printer Wrapper. Very Good+. Illus. by Sly, Franklin and Tolman R. Reamer. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Private Press.

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Bookseller: The Cat's Tale Used Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000871
Title: History and Rhymes of the Lost Battalion
Author: McCollum, L.C. "Buck Private
Illustrator: Sly, Franklin and Tolman R. Reamer
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Privately Printed
Place of Publication: Columbus, OH
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: World War I WWI U S Army American Expeditionary Force 77th Division Argonne Forest France Doughboy
Bookseller catalogs: American History;
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

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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....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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...
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