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Always the Young Strangers
by Sandburg, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1952. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. An insider's portrait of small-town America & the early assimilation of immigrants therein, drawing on the author's personal recollections of growing up in Galesburg, Illinois. In 445 pages with Index, photo endpapers of family & community members. A First Edition, slightly later printing (no statement) from 1952, this hardcover 8vo is bound in handsome medium-green cloth with darker green insight title boxes & silver lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+: completely clean, but lacking that brand new crispness. Binding strong & straight, but rear hinge starting. Pages creamy white with a whisper of tanning, but completely unmarked. Very modest pushing to both ends of spine. The price-clipped DJ is VG, with light chipping at both ends of spine, rubbing to extremities, slight spine fading; protected in clear mylar by former owner. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Born in 1878, Carl Sandburg grew with America. As a boy he played, studied, and matured in Galesburg, Illinois. Sandburg's reminiscence delivers a nostalgic view of small-town life and an invaluable perspective on American history. Index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022462
- Title
- Always the Young Strangers
- Author
- Sandburg, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- GALESBURG ILLINOIS MIDWEST SMALL TOWN BOYHOOD GROWING UP AMERICAN AMERICANA MEMOIRS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Writing/Publishing/Journalism/Writers/Words; Americana-Regional History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- VG
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