New York/Boston: J. B. Ford & Company/H. A. Brown & Company, 1868. 624 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear to edges. Spine a bit sunned. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Illust. w/ b/w plates. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M979CW
Title: RECOLLECTIONS OF A BUSY LIFE
Author: Greeley, Horace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: J. B. Ford & Company/H. A. Brown & Company
Place of Publication: New York/Boston
Date Published: 1868
Keywords: MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY GREELEY HORACE 1811 1872 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS POLITICAL MOVEMENTS CONGRESSIONAL RADICALS POLITICS GOVERNMENT WARFARE SLAVERY BLACK HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RACIAL HISTORY ETHNIC HISTORY AMER
Bookseller catalogs: Autobiography;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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....
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...
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...