Library Catalogs Example 2

Civil War Books via Library of Congress' LOCIS Online Catalog

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  1   BOOKS: English language books 1968-, French 1973-, German,        LOCI
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civil war


ITEMS 1-3 OF 2,675             SET 8: BRIEF DISPLAY                FILE: PREM
                                (DESCENDING ORDER)
1. 99-5030: Altsheler, Joseph Alexander, 1862-  The last rebel,
     Philiadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company, 1900.  219 p. incl.
     front., illus. 19 cm.
     LC CALL NUMBER: PZ3.A469 L
2. 99-5025: Wise, John Sergeant, 1846-1913.  The end of an era,   Boston and
     New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1899.  iv p., 1 l., 474 p., 1 l.
     21 cm.
     LC CALL NUMBER: E605 .W8
3. 99-4661: Johnson, Rossiter, 1840-  The hero of Manila:   New York, D.
     Appleton and company, 1899.  ix, 152 p. front., illus., plates, maps,
     plans. 20 cm.
     LC CALL NUMBER: E714.6.D51 J69

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99-5025                                 ITEM 2 OF 2,675 IN SET 8     (PREM)

Wise, John Sergeant, 1846-1913.
  The end of an era,   Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company,
1899.  iv p., 1 l., 474 p., 1 l. 21 cm.

LC CALL NUMBER: E605 .W8


SUBJECTS:
  United States--History--Civil war--Personal narratives--Confederate side.

GEOG. AREA CODE:  n-us---
LCCN:  99-5025
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