Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit
by Pyle, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine, black text on the front board with an illustrated paper label which shows no wear or rubbing. Without a dust jacket. 448 pages of text and illustrated with 201 drawings and plates plus the frontispiece. Nineteen of the plates are in full color. "The romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson, with narrative descriptive text from original sources edited by Francis J. Dowd."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB20477
- Title
- Howard Pyle's Book of The American Spirit
- Author
- Pyle, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....