LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN. SAM. DALE, THE MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN
by Claiborne, J.F.H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York, 1860. 233,6pp. plus engraved frontispiece, with numerous full-page engravings reckoned in the pagination. Original publisher's cloth. Spine ends and corners worn, light insect damage to boards and joints. Ownership inscription on front pastedown, modern bookplate on rear pastedown, light occasional foxing. Very good. Memoirs and adventures of Alabama's premier Indian fighter. "General Dale was an Indian fighter of great renown on the Southern frontier, and in the Creek and Seminole wars accomplished some feats of personal prowess, in conflicts with the warriors of these nations, which would appear the inventions of romance, were they not so well fortified by contemporaneous testimony" - Field. FIELD 321. CLARK II:142. RADER 826. SABIN 13192. HOWES C417
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM49207
- Title
- LIFE AND TIMES OF GEN. SAM. DALE, THE MISSISSIPPI PARTISAN
- Author
- Claiborne, J.F.H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1860
Terms of Sale
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...