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High stakes and hair trigger : the life of Jefferson Davis
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High stakes and hair trigger : the life of Jefferson Davis
- Author
- Date
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- 1930
- Publisher
- New York, New York: H. Holt and Company
- Summary
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- Purple diagonal-fine-rib-grain cloth. Blind stamping on front. Gold stamping corroded to green on spine. No decoration on back. Top edges stained blue.
- Book topics: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889; Slavery--United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Chronology.
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Details
- Publisher
- New York, New York: H. Holt and Company
- Date
- 1930
- Description of Original
- Height: 23 cm.; Width: 16 cm.; Depth: 4 cm.
- Format
- Still image
- Language
- English
- Location of Original
- University of Alabama Libraries. W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, Wade Hall Collection for Southern History and Culture. : E467.1.D26 W78
Subjects
- Decoration/Ornament — Borders — Lines
- Symbols — Owls
- Communication — Writing — Tools — Sealing wax
- Book-cloth — Color — Purple
- Book-cloth — Grain pattern — Rib
- Bookbinding — Techniques — Blind stamping
- Bookbinding — Techniques — Gold stamping
- Bookbinding — Edge treatment — Stained
- Bookbinding — Edge color — Blue
- United States