George Washington, Vol. 1: Young Washington
by Freeman, Douglas Southall
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1948. First edition w ""A"". HC, no DJ. MV VG+. Navy blue cloth, gilt spine titling bright, blind-stamped front cover, light edgewear, rubbing to tips, stain to fore-edge, FO ink name/info to FPEP, map endpapers, hinge cracking at frontis verso, B/W frontis of GW's birth record facsimile, binding sound, unmarked. Illustrations & maps. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230473
- Title
- George Washington, Vol. 1: Young Washington
- Author
- Freeman, Douglas Southall
- Format/Binding
- HC, no DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition w ""A""
- Publisher
- Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 549
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...