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RECORDS OF THE 24TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY
by J. W. Merrill
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
US: J. O. Seymour, Kennard & Hay, 1870. Hardcover. Good +. Brick red cloth over boards with gilt titling to spine and front board. Gilt decorative band to spine and black decorative rule to boards. Scattered soiling and foxing to pages throughout particularly at margins, and dampstain to map at page 208. Text block is soiled with moderate shelf wear and black markings scattered to all edges. Boards are soiled particularly at edges with dampstain to top edge of front board. Soiling, rubbing, bumping and fraying to cloth at edges, corners and ends of spine. Sunning to spine. Binding is tight and square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64982
- Title
- RECORDS OF THE 24TH INDEPENDENT BATTERY
- Author
- J. W. Merrill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. O. Seymour, Kennard & Hay
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- Civil War
Terms of Sale
Atlanta Vintage Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
Welcome to Atlanta Vintage Books, serving book lovers locally and worldwide for over 30 years. Our 5,000 square foot book store houses over 70,000 vintage, rare and out of print books. You'll be greeted with a smile when you enter but left alone as you browse. Our staff is friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. Special orders are happily accommodated, as hard-to-find and out-of-print editions are a specialty. Our store is light and airy with plate glass windows letting in plenty of natural light and wonderfully decorated with antique display cases, old barrister bookcases, and wood book shelves. The wide aisles and scattered seating make browsing a joy. You'll wonder where the time went.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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