Blue and Gray (4 Volumes, Jan. 1893 to Dec. 1894, Half Binding)

Editor: Benjamin R. Davenport of Georgia, Associate Editor: Jos. W. Morton of Pennsylvania

Edité par The Patriotic Publishing Co., Philadelphia, 1893

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All of the bound issues are the originals. All are present in the years 1893 and 1894. These issues are very rare. Take a look around. I've provided photographs to help you get a sense of the condition. Beginning with the covers. As you can see it is a Half binding with leather on the spine and corners. I'm afraid I'm fairly ignorant with regard to identifying materials. I'm guessing that the rest of the covers on Volume 1 & 2 are actually also leather, a rougher sort of pebbled leather. However, let me stress that that is a guess. On Volumes 3 & 4 the boards are smooth and clearly of cloth. You'll be able to see in the photographs that the leather spines and corners on Volumes 1 & 2 are brown and on Volume 3 & 4 black. Significantly, all four volumes are very well bound. The only exception is the rear cover of Volume 1. Between that cover and the rear end paper there is a space or crack. The cover is not detached, however there is looseness. There is smaller space between the front cover of Volume 1 and the front free end paper, but there is no looseness. There is no other binding issue in Volume 1, none between any pages. The books were professionally bound by 'Henry Maine, Book Binder, Port Jervis, N.Y'. (They placed a tiny sticker on the inside covers of the volumes) Volume 2, 3, and 4 have no binding issues anywhere, covers or pages. Extremely well-bound. The only writing in any of the four volumes is on the front free end paper of Volume 2. There you have the signature of the original owner Chas J. Peck Jr., Port Jervis, N.Y., Apr 5, '95 (or 93, can't tell)'. As you can see, the spines of Volumes 1 & 2 have rubbing and scuffing, and a little bit of tearing at the ends. The gilt lettering on all four spines is very bright. The corners and edges of Volumes 1 & 2 have some rub-through. The spines of Volumes 3 & 4 look terrific, volume 4 has a little scuffing between the front and the spine. The covers of these volumes are quite clean with the exception of the residue from contact with the rubbed brown leather spines of the first two volumes. The corners are in generally good condition but there are a handful of spots where the leather has scuffed off on each of the two volumes. The pages in all four volumes are in very good condition. They are, in the main, quite clean with only a small number of spots of soiling. They are not foxed. I did not see any conspicuous tearing. There's not much creasing, and what there is, is light. As I mentioned there is no writing of any kind on the pages. I didn't see any markings. There is one instance in volume 3 where the tissue guard (I presume) protecting the frontispiece somehow glommed on to the title page of the issue. Anyway, you can read the page. I didn't see any tissue guards in front of any other photographs. There are many, many, many illustrations throughout the volumes, including full-page frontispieces before the title page of each issue. That's about it. Feel free to contact me with any questions or requests for more photos. I'll cover the added cost of shipping above and beyond the amount being charged.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Blue and Gray (4 Volumes, Jan. 1893 to Dec. 1894, Half Binding)
• Éditeur: The Patriotic Publishing Co., Philadelphia
• Date de parution: 1893
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Very Good
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