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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
de BAKER, GENERAL L.C
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket
- Librería
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Philadelphia: L.C. Baker, 1867. Cloth is blind-stamped. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine is sunned to tan. Previous owner's signature in old hand on front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Full-page illustrations scattered through the text. Lafayette Curry Baker (1826-1868) was a U.S. investigator and spy. He served in the Union Army under Lincoln and Johnson. He helped track down Lincoln's assassins, was later fired by Johnson who thought Baker was spying on him. 704pp. See Nevins 1:53.. First Edition , First Issue. Brown Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thick Royal Octavo.
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- Librería
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 015546
- Título
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
- Autor
- BAKER, GENERAL L.C
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Light Corner and Edge Wear
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Dust Jacket
- Edición
- First Edition , First Issue
- Editorial
- L.C. Baker
- Lugar de publicación
- Philadelphia
- Fecha de publicación
- 1867
- Tamaño
- Thick Royal Octavo
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Americana, Secret Service, Civil War, American Presidency
Términos de venta
Glenn Books
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Sobre el vendedor
Glenn Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
Sobre Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
