Richard Halliburton, His Story Of His Life's Adventure, As Told In Letters To His Mother And Father
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ontario, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1940. Stated First Edition. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, large 8vo, 433 pp., map end papers. Frontis photo of the author. Published after Halliburton was declared lost at sea in 1939. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show light soiling, small hole in cloth at top of spine. Lacking the dust jacket. Book condition VG-.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parker's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MM8042
- Title
- Richard Halliburton, His Story Of His Life's Adventure, As Told In Letters To His Mother And Father
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- HB
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Parker's Rare Books
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About the Seller
Parker's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Ontario, Wisconsin
About Parker's Rare Books
Specializing in antiquarian, collectible, scholarly, and rare books of all genres.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.