A SKETCH OF THE WAR RECORD OF THE EDISTO RIFLES, 1861-1865
by Izlar, William Valmore
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good binding
- Seller
-
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Columbia, SC: August Kohn | The State Company, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 168 pp., 2 plates, 16 portraits. First Edition. As issued, in full gray cloth with title in gold on the front cover and spine. Covers are moderately soiled; top corners bumped and spine ends softened. Very light foxing to the plates and adjacent leaves, otherwise, a clean copy. Nevins remarks, "These brief reminiscences include an account of the fall of Fort Fisher, as well as the author's experience while a prisoner at Point Lookout." Dornbusch II, 888; Howes I-98; Nevins p. 112.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5078
- Title
- A SKETCH OF THE WAR RECORD OF THE EDISTO RIFLES, 1861-1865
- Author
- Izlar, William Valmore
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- August Kohn | The State Company
- Place of Publication
- Columbia, SC
- Date Published
- 1914
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Rare Book Room; Civil War & Military;
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About the Seller
Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
About Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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