The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
by Altsheler, Joseph A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1923. Later Printing. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Later Printing. Exlibrary markings. Front hinge cracked but webbing holding. Binding and rear hinge sound. Pages clean, tanned. Book is slightly cocked. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with edge rubbing and bumped corners. Joint between spine and front is split with fraying. Artwork on front is tipped in with overall wear. Reading copy. ; Novel of the Civil War focusing on the battle of Gettysburg. ; Ex-Library; 7.5" tall; 371 pages.
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Details
- Seller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 3810086
- Title
- The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
- Author
- Altsheler, Joseph A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES, AMERICA, PENNSYLVANIA, GETTYSBURG, CIVIL WAR, FICTION, HISTORICAL, LITERATURE, NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Cat's Cradle Books
Shipment immediately upon payment. Returns cheerfully accepted. If return results from our error, we refund price of book plus all shipping costs. if return is for any other reason, buyer pays cost of return shipping.
About the Seller
Cat's Cradle Books
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High Point, North Carolina
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...