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Year Book of the Society, Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1894-1913, and Catalogue of Military Land Warrants Granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution
by WILSON, Samuel M. (ed)
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Lexington: (by the Society), 1913. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Three-quarter blue cloth over yellow cloth-covered boards; viii,[1]-363pp; color frontispiece, 67 (of 68) unnumbered leaves of plates, most being halftone portraits; a few others in colors; text illus. Some external rubbing and wear, with reading creases to backstrip, but very nice internally; Very Good. Sadly lacking the final plate ("Our Colors").
A lavish commemorative volume for 20th Anniversary of the Kentucky Sons of the Revolution, especially useful for its catalog of Revolutionary Land Grants made to soldiers from Virginia (which at the time of Independence included all of present West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois). Uncommon.
A lavish commemorative volume for 20th Anniversary of the Kentucky Sons of the Revolution, especially useful for its catalog of Revolutionary Land Grants made to soldiers from Virginia (which at the time of Independence included all of present West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois). Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62780
- Title
- Year Book of the Society, Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1894-1913, and Catalogue of Military Land Warrants Granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution
- Author
- WILSON, Samuel M. (ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- (by the Society)
- Place of Publication
- Lexington
- Date Published
- 1913
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