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KEEL AND SADDLE: A RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS OF MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE
by Revere, Joseph W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Boston:James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. 5x 6 3/4 inches: pp. xiv, 360,[2]. Original pebbled brown cloth with bright gold gilt design on front, titles in gold gilt on spine. Embossed design on rear.
Spine frays to top and bottom, some fading to spine, corners bumped and rubbed. textblock square and tight. Some foxing to prelimary pages and edges of pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author recounts his travels around the globe during his naval service, his acivities in the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Of note is his being in California and San Francisco at the time of the gold rush and his comments on San Francisco at that time.
Spine frays to top and bottom, some fading to spine, corners bumped and rubbed. textblock square and tight. Some foxing to prelimary pages and edges of pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The author recounts his travels around the globe during his naval service, his acivities in the Mexican-American War and Civil War. Of note is his being in California and San Francisco at the time of the gold rush and his comments on San Francisco at that time.
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- Bookseller
- Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 639
- Title
- KEEL AND SADDLE: A RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS OF MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE
- Author
- Revere, Joseph W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Gold Rus, Memoirs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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Eugene, Oregon
About Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse
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- Pebbled
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Spine
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