Advance and Retreat
by HOOD, John Bell
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0890099359
- ISBN 13
- 9780890099353
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Secaucus, NJ: Blue and Grey Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey buckram spine with black lettering and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 358pp. Maps. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear. First of this facsimile reprint of the 1880 first edition of the Confederate general's memorable memoir -- tight and handsome. Robert W. Johannsen calls this "The controversial, sometimes bitter, memoirs of a maimed Confederate general...." NEVINS II, 65.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45456
- Title
- Advance and Retreat
- Author
- HOOD, John Bell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0890099359
- ISBN 13
- 9780890099353
- Publisher
- Blue and Grey Press
- Place of Publication
- Secaucus, NJ
- Date Published
- 1985
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Civil War;
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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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.