Fife, Drum & Bugle.
by DOWNEY, Fairfax
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Ft. Collins: The Old Army Press, (1971). First edition. One of 50 numbered and specially bound copies, signed by the author and illustrator. Each copy with an original drawing by Reedstrom on the verso opposite the limitation page (this copy with a drawing a mounted bugle player). Octavo. 154, [30, appendix and bibliography] pp. Illustrated. Publisher's full red leather with gilt spine lettering and gilt drum on front, gilt turn-ins, heavy red endpapers, slipcase. A fine copy.A history of the place of music within the American military.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 70430
- Title
- Fife, Drum & Bugle.
- Author
- DOWNEY, Fairfax
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Old Army Press
- Place of Publication
- Ft. Collins
- Date Published
- (1971)
Terms of Sale
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2012
Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...