New York: Baker and Scribner, 1847. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Full grey cloth with elaborate design in blind, gilt lettering on the spine, slightly chippined at the extremities with a little fraying, corners lightly bumped, tissue guarded frontispiece with some offsetting from the steel plate engraved plates. Slight darkening to the text block. Book is cocked. Overall in GOOD condition. First Edition. Full Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

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Bookseller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 015740
Title: Washington and His Generals (volume 2)
Author: Headley, J. T
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Baker and Scribner
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1847
Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&

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Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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....