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Hardtack and Coffee: the unwritten story of army life.../ By John D. Billings.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Zinman 134
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Billings, John Davis, 1842-1933.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States.
- History.
- Dummies (Bookselling)--Specimens.
- Dummies (Bookselling).
- Booksellers and bookselling--Colportage, subscription etc.
- Bookbinding--Specimens.
- Bookbinding.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Specimens.
- Prospectuses.
- Subscription lists (Publishing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Zinman, Michael (donor) (Canvassing Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 23cm
- Edition:
- [Canvassing book].
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : George M. Smith & Co., 1889.
- Notes:
- Canvassing book consisting of specimen leaves and illustrations; half broadside prospectus; preprinted subscription order leaves.
- Binding: cloth binding, with cloth spine sample mounted on front pastedown.
- 1887 by John D. Billings
- "Sold only by subscription" on broadside prospectus.
- Cited in:
- Arbour, K. Canvassing books, 134
- OCLC:
- 913612746
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