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The Tactful Texan: A Biography of Governor Will Hobby
by James A. Clark with Weldon Hart
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. AO5 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by Will Hobby to previous owner on the half-title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, lightly cocked, scattered foxing and stains on the page edges, endpapers and some inside pages, previous owner's info written on the front endpaper, tanning and light shelf wear in fair dust jacket that has wrinkling, chipping, crease, and tears on the edges, corners and some sides, scattered scratches and rubbing, significant foxing and stains, tanning and shelf wear. 8.5"x6", 211 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EC42958BB
- Title
- The Tactful Texan: A Biography of Governor Will Hobby
- Author
- James A. Clark with Weldon Hart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY POLITICIAN GOVERNOR WILL HOBBY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography / Political Leaders; Biography / Signed Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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