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Signed lmtd ed Luis F Fenollosa Cap. U.S. Vol. 1863-65
(Item: SOLD 434)
Book Description: Luis Fenollosa Emilio. The Emilio Collection of Military Buttons, American, British, French, and Spanish,... Published by The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1911. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket as Issued. Black and White Photographs (illustrator). First Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Condition: Very good. Corners only very slightly bumped. Top and bottom of spine slightly bumped. Page edges stamped top, side, bottom with blue stamp reading "Army & Navy Club." One of 300 copies. Ten blind stamps from title page and throughout. Gilt title on spine clear and bright. Pages clean and tight. Exact size: 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. 264 pages. Ex Libris bookplate of "Ye Army and Navy Club of Ye City of New York," -- Inscribed twice, "Presented by Luis F. Emilio," on front pastdown. Signed and inscribed also on Title Page by Luis F. Emilio. This is a rare discriptive catalog with historical notes and ten plates illustrating two hundred and forty important specimens of Military Buttons from American, British, French and Spanish, with some of other countries, and Non Military, which appear in the Museum of the Essex Institute in Salem, Massachusetts. Author Emilio was a Captain in the U. S. Volunteers from 1863 to 1865, Rare Military History. Signed by Author. Limited Edition 300 copies printed. Hardback. Bookseller Inventory # 000185
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