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New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. Fair with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. Covers show surface wear with heavier wear along edges. Corners rounded, Spine ends chipping with a small portion of bottom spine end missing. Book askew. Hinges tight, binding loose. Former owners name on FFEP and advertising pages. .

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. Good with no dust jacket. 1880. Hardcover. Two tone white on red cloth covers worn at all edges. Corners rounded and spine ends fraying. Binding is a bit loose but undamaged. Unmarked text is slightly soiled. .

Independently published, 2018. Paperback. New. 344 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.86 inches.

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. Illustrated by one b/w tombstone. First edition, second printing edition. c.1879. Green cloth, silver print spine and top with little owl. 16mo. pp. 381, [1] Ad. Near Fine. Trace wear to caps and corners. A novel of the Reconstruction era, mixture of fact and fiction from Supreme Court Judge of North Carolina. (American, Civil War)..

Sagwan Press, 2015. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1880. Hardcover. Good. 8vo in brown cloth, title and decorations in black on the cover, gilt spine title. A Good copy: binding very slightly shaken, hinges firm moderate rubbing at the corners and spine ends.

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert (1879) 362+pp. Original brown cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit darkened; ends lightly frayed. Owner's note in pencil on front blank endpaper. Approx. 1/2" closed tear at outer margin of last leaf, not affecting text. Edges of leaves age toned.. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Adamant Media Corporation, 2001-09-05. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Fords, Howard & Hulbert, New York: 1880., 1880 361 p. + Numerous advertisements. 12mo. Original publisher's orange-brown cloth binding, decorated in black. Tourgee was an Ohioan, wounded several times in the course of the Civil War. He went South as a 'Carpet bagger' and became a judge, and holder of assorted other offices in North Carolina during Reconstruction. This famous work details true life in the South under reconstruction, and all of its inherent problems. Especially important for its treatment of evils of the Klu Klux Klan. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AMER 3 x3 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.

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Hardback. New.

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1880. Hardcover. VG-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, beveled cloth boards with leather to corners and spine. All exterior page edges are marbled. Exterior shows scuffing and spotting along with edge and corner bumps/wear. The internal binding is good and text pages are tight. Beautifully marbled endpapers in front and rear are free of any handwriting or bookplates. The second front blank end page contains a 19th century gift inscription. No other markings found in the book, nothing torn, nothing loose. This is a much higher and binding than you typically see with this title. The exterior just grades as good to G+ but the interior of the book grades as a solid VG or better.

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Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. First Expanded edition. Very Good condition. Pencil inscription. Albion Winegar Tourgée (May 2, 1838 - May 21, 1905) was an American soldier, lawyer, writer, politician, and diplomat. Wounded in the Civil War, he relocated to North Carolina afterward, where he became involved in Reconstruction activities. He served in the constitutional convention and later in the state legislature. A pioneer civil rights activist, he founded the National Citizens' Rights Association, and founded Bennett College as a normal school for freedmen in North Carolina (it has been a women's college since 1926). An ally of African Americans since his Civil War days, later in his career Tourgée was asked to aid a committee in New Orleans that was challenging segregation on railways in Louisiana, and he was appointed the lead attorney in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case. The committee was dismayed when the United States Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" public… Leer más

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