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OFFICERS OF OUR UNION ARMY AND NAVY
by PRANG, Louis
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- first
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1862. [PRANG, Louis, publisher]. OFFICERS OF OUR UNION ARMY AND NAVY. Their lives, their portraits. Vol. 1 [all published]. Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1862. First edition, and the only volume produced of this series. Illustrated with 30 lithographic portraits of Union commanders. 148 pp., + [4] pp. publisher's advertisements; the text includes separate lists of Union and Rebel victories for the years 1861 and part of 1862. 16mo., original cloth, light brown, blind-stamped borders to boards and bands to spine, gilt-stamped title to upper board, yellow endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to ffep. Text leaves and plate are clean and fresh; although one leaf (p.101-2) is creased with a small marginal chip. The cloth shows a few, faint spots of dampstaining; and it is worn through in small spots at crown, heel, and corners. The spine is lightly sunned and askew. Nonetheless, a very good copy of an early Prang publication. (Sabin 56755).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boston Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64688
- Title
- OFFICERS OF OUR UNION ARMY AND NAVY
- Author
- PRANG, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1862
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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