Lew Wallace: An Autobiography
por Wallace, Lew
- Usado
- Muito Bom
- Condição
- Muito Bom/Lacking DJ, likely as published.
- Livreiro
-
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1906. First. Cloth. Very good/Lacking DJ, likely as published.. A very good condition first impression Wallace's autobiography - Union Civil War general and later author of "Ben-Hur". Wallace, Lew : Lew Wallace: An Autobiography. New York : Harper and Brothers, 1906. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.375"/21.2cm h. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt lettering to front board/spine. Gilt topstain, deckle fore- and tail-edges. Plain white endpapers. Pagination, Vol I: [i-ii], iii-ix, x-xv; 1-501, [502] blank; unpaginated frontispiece plus three additional sheets; Vol II: [i-ii], iii-vii, [viii-xii], 503-1027, [1028] final index p, [1029-1032] blank; unpaginated frontispiece plus three additional sheets. Illus, a few sketches, index. Condition notes: Moderate wear/rubbing to boards, with sun darkening to spines, rolled spine ends and bumped corners; head of Vol I spine end frayed; chip to tail rear board Vol I with 8mm square cloth missing (board intact); light soiling to edges. Bindings with slight lean; Vol I hinges whole but weakening; Vol II likewise with more progression; each front pastedown shows discreet but noticeable rectangle of remnant adhesive from removed bookplate; Vol II neatly '902' to this spot. Vol II rfep loose. Interior tanned but clean, with occasional pencil marginalia. Wallace commanded troops at Forts Henry and Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, and the Monocacy/Frederick, among others; later famously penned Ben-Hur, the highest-selling American novel of the 19th Century. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Furrowed Brow Books (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 1912
- Título
- Lew Wallace: An Autobiography
- Autor
- Wallace, Lew
- Formato/Encadernação
- Cloth
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Muito Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Lacking DJ, likely as published.
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- First
- Editorial
- Harper and Brothers
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1906
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Military History; History; American Civil War;
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Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in a magical, historic farmhouse in piedmont Maryland stuffed with books. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Marginalia
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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...