On the Old Kearsarge: A Story of the Civil War
by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First Edition. Octavo. 289 pages plus advertisements. Red publisher's cloth stamped in blue, white, and gilt. No dust jacket. Part of the Boys of the Service series.
Light edgewear, rubbing, and staining to boards. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Postcard to Captain F.J Doherty dated 1914 laid in at at front. Staining to edges of text block but rest of interior unmarked.
Light edgewear, rubbing, and staining to boards. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Postcard to Captain F.J Doherty dated 1914 laid in at at front. Staining to edges of text block but rest of interior unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7917
- Title
- On the Old Kearsarge: A Story of the Civil War
- Author
- Cyrus Townsend Brady
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...