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The Killer Angels
de SHAARA, MICHAEL
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- First Edition, First Printing. Fine, first issue dustjacket, price unclipped ($8.95), designed by Paul Bacon, is vibrant in colo/Fine
- Librería
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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Sobre este artículo
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!
Sinopsis
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.
Reseñas
El Mar 26 2017, un lector dijo:
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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Detalles
- Librería
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 861
- Título
- The Killer Angels
- Autor
- SHAARA, MICHAEL
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - First Edition, First Printing. Fine, first issue dustjacket, price unclipped ($8.95), designed by Paul Bacon, is vibrant in colo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- David McKay
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1985
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- AMERICAN LITERATURE, CIVIL WAR
- Catálogos del vendedor
- LITERATURE;
Términos de venta
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Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
