American Heroes and Hero-Worship
by Gerald W. Johnson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
-
North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket protected in mylar cover, notable wear/deterioration around edges of jacket, tear in middle of spine and at top of rear cover, some stains and rubbing marks on surfaces from shelfwear. Cloth boards, cornersbumped, either end edge of spine rubbed. Hinges and binding somewhat worn, but remain in good shape. Text block clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 284 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8422
- Title
- American Heroes and Hero-Worship
- Author
- Gerald W. Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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