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The Scholarly Publishing Office, The University of Michigan, University Library, n.d. The Michigan Historical Reprint Series. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), 450 pp + [xiv] pp ads. Near-Fine, with a light musty odor.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate foxing, spots of staining to the endpapers. Owner's inscription, of H. Scofield, co. H, 21st Reg. All folding plates are present, even if mis-folded. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 450+ads pages .

Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott & Co, 1862. Hard Cover. vg. octavo. 438pp. Frontispiece of battleplan. Illustrated. Name of previous owner on front and rear endpaper as well as a couple of other pages.Some old tape residue on front and back endpapers. Former owners name and date of 1877 on front ep. Overall a nice copy of a scarce book.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. An exceptionally bright copy of the 1861 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its bevelled dark-green cloth, with crisp, completely unflecked gilt-titling and insignia along the spine. Light foxing at the pastedowns and endsheets, faint staining to the front inner hinge (and continuing very lightly thru the preliminaries). 15 fold-out plates (all intact and very clean, except the frontispiece plate, the left half of which has been neatly excised) and 77 additional plates thruout the text. Thick 64mo, 450 pgs. plus Lippincott's list of recent publications ("McClellan's Bayonet Exercises", etc.) at the rear. This copy bears the ownership blindstamp of William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) of Albany, NY, noted Congregational and Presbyterian clergyman and compiler of the 9 volume set "Annals of the American Pulpit"

1861. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. 9.3 cm x 13.5 cm. Fold-out Frontispiece, 450 pages. 77 plates with illustrations of various stances and manoeuvres. 12 additional fold-out diagrams. Hardcover / publisher's original blue pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and stamp on spine. Blind triple ruling and stamp on both boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners slightly bumped. Very minor abrasion to cloth at bottom front corner. Very minor closed tear to page 25. Minor foxing occasionally throughout. Signs of dampstaining evident throughout otherwise clean and bright volume. Binding good and firm and tight bookblock. Inked annotation to title page. Ownership annotation to front pastedown. Embossed stamp of Wm B Sprague Jr, 51 State St, Albany on front endpaper. Endpaper also carries pencilled signature of George C Strong dated April 28 1862. Carte de visite of General Strong also loosely inserted. Includes, for example, the following: Title First -… Read More