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WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR: The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation
by Brinkley, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0394510259
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510255
- Seller
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West Point, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1988. 286 pages. Signed by the author. Beautiful book in 1/4 black cloth over black paper covered boards with silver lettering and decoration on the cover and the spine. Tail of spine is slightly bent. Head and tail of the spine sho some very minor rubbing. Top edge of the dust jacket over the head of the spine has some very minor creasing. A very night tight copy. . SIGNED. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bertram Books And Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035419
- Title
- WASHINGTON GOES TO WAR: The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation
- Author
- Brinkley, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394510259
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510255
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- U. S. History
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Bertram Books And Fine Art
Payment by check, money order, Paypal, or Biblio payment.
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG and small enough to fit in flat rate envelopes. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Virginia customers will be invoiced for 6% sales tax.
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG and small enough to fit in flat rate envelopes. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Virginia customers will be invoiced for 6% sales tax.
About the Seller
Bertram Books And Fine Art
Biblio member since 2018
West Point, Virginia
About Bertram Books And Fine Art
Bookseller for over 15 years in a brick and mortar in Williamsburg Va. Now selling primarily online Antiquarian, Collectible and General Stock books. Our stock includes Art, Antique Maps and antique Botanical Lithographs.
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.