The Life of General Ulysses S. Grant, containing a brief but faithful narrative of those Military and Diplomatic achievements which have entitles him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen
de John S. C. Abbott
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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Sobre este artículo
B. B. Russell: Boston, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. A campaign biography by one of the most popular authors of the time. 12mo, 7 2/3†tall, frontispiece + 309 pages, gilt spine titles on brown cloth. A good, generally clean, sturdy original hardcover edition with moderate shelf wear and rubbing at the corner edges, chipping at the spine top, slight fraying started at the spine bottom, with fading to the spine titles; binding mostly solid but the center signature pulled, paper moderately yellowed, but with a few scattered pencil marks by a child.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 58540
- Título
- The Life of General Ulysses S. Grant, containing a brief but faithful narrative of those Military and Diplomatic achievements which have entitles him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen
- Autor
- John S. C. Abbott
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- B. B. Russell: Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1868
- Palabras clave
- Biography, History, Presidential Campaign,
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
