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Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865
por Salecker, Gene Eric
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1557507392
- ISBN 13
- 9781557507396
- Livreiro
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1557507392 . The Sultana was a severely overloaded Mississippi River steamboat seven miles north of Memphis in 1865 when its boilers exploded killing 1,700 of 2,100 recently released Union prisoners of war. Only rated to carry 376 passengers, this was the worst marine disaster in United States history. Contains an index, source notes, and a bibliography in the rear. Original black publisher's covers with gilt spine lettering. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names and no bookplates. The dust jacket has a crease to the top edge of the rear panel, else it is in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings.; B&W Photographs & drawings; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 346 pages .
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 21288
- Título
- Disaster on the Mississippi: The Sultana Explosion, April 27, 1865
- Autor
- Salecker, Gene Eric
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edição
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1557507392
- ISBN 13
- 9781557507396
- Editorial
- Naval Institute Press
- Local de publicação
- Annapolis
- Data de publicação
- 1996
- Palavras-chave
- 1557507392, Civil War, Prisoners, Prisons, Prisoner Of War, Steam Boats, Steamboats, Steamboat Disaster, Mississippi River
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Sobre o Vendedor
Peninsula Books
Membro de Biblio desde 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
Sobre Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
