LIFE OF WM. TECUMSEH SHERMAN, Late Retired General, U.S.A. A Graphic History of His Career in War and Peace; His Romantic Youth; His Stern and Patriotic Manhood; His Calm and Beautiful Old Age; A Marvellous March From the Mountains of Time to the Sea of Eternity.With Numerous Maps and Illustrations
LIFE OF WM. TECUMSEH SHERMAN, Late Retired General, U.S.A. A Graphic History of His Career in War and Peace; His Romantic Youth; His Stern and Patriotic Manhood; His Calm and Beautiful Old Age; A Marvellous March From the Mountains of Time to the Sea of Eternity.With Numerous Maps and Illustrations
Metodi di Pagamento
- PayPal
- Carta di Credito
- Bonifico Bancario
- Pubblica amministrazione
- Carta del Docente
Dettagli
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 1891
- Luogo di stampa
- Philadelphia
- Autore
- [Sherman, William Tecumseh, Saleman'S Dummy], Johnson
- Editori
- Edgewood Publishing Company
- Edizione
- FIRST EDITION AND A SCARCE SALES DUMMY AND AN INTERESTING AND
- Prima edizione
- True
Descrizione
A rare original publisher's 'Salesman's Dummy' for the first edition of this early biography of Sherman published almost immediately after his death in February 1891. With a frontispiece portrait, a number of full-page plates, and the prospectus printed in large black type announcing the entirety of the book and the various bindings which can be chosen. 8vo, in the original mustard cloth decorated in black and gilt on the upper cover, attached to the front endpaper is a sample of the original cloth cover and at the rear pastedown a gilt lettered back-strip for one of the more deluxe bindings, the front free-fly includes a tipped-on announcement as to the number of illustrations and types of bindings. [4],17-72, 119-126, 129-134, [48], [24] pp. The copy is quite well preserved internally with some expected mellowing, the binding is shaken and is rather rubbed overall.
