The Killer Angels
by SHAARA, MICHAEL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- First Edition, First Printing. Fine, first issue dustjacket, price unclipped ($8.95), designed by Paul Bacon, is vibrant in colo/Fine
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine, first issue dustjacket, price unclipped ($8.95). Designed by Paul Bacon the jacket is vibrant in color with no chips or tears. Binding is tight with no cocking. Blue cloth rubbed on spine tail. Light tape markings on front and rear boards, and free endpapers. Housed in a beautiful, custom case. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the basis of the acclaimed film Gettysburg. The benchmark for fiction in the literature of the Civil War. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. 374 pp. Overall, a wonderful collector's copy!
Synopsis
The Killer Angels is a historical novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 30, 1863, as the troops of both the Union and the Confederacy move into battle around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and July 1, July 2, and July 3, when the battle was fought. The story is character driven and told from the perspective of various protagonists.
Reviews
On Mar 26 2017, a reader said:
Brilliant depiction of various characters, from the historically pre-eminent (Lee, Chamberlain) to the minor (Spy) to the fictional participants at Gettysburg. Provides a psychological profile of those who made this hallowed ground.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 861
- Title
- The Killer Angels
- Author
- SHAARA, MICHAEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - First Edition, First Printing. Fine, first issue dustjacket, price unclipped ($8.95), designed by Paul Bacon, is vibrant in colo
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- David McKay
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE, CIVIL WAR
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....