View From the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant's Daybook
by J.C. (James Cash) Penney
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$27.71CA$19.40
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About This Item
New York, NY: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960 Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York. 1960. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head, tail, and upper tips; small sliver of sun fading to head. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.50); light sunfading to spine and rear panel; chipping at tail; light wear to head and tips; light soiling to panels. Black boards with orange overlay on the spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Sticker on front pastedown stating Property of J.C. Penney Co.. Penney's Intra-Company Correspondence laid in dated 12/28/60 addressed to the manager presenting a copy for store use/employees can also buy a signed copy. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 222 pp 8vo. This is a book of sage advice on the principles of business success from a man regarded a true sage of business. He gives advice to young people just starting out, to business men about their hard problems and decisions, and demonstrates to all that the Christian way is not an impractical way. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014492
- Title
- View From the Ninth Decade: Jottings from a Merchant's Daybook
- Author
- J.C. (James Cash) Penney
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- J.C. Penney, Golden Rule Stores, J.C.Penney stores, James Cash Penney, Penney's Stores, business success, Christianity, Christian Living.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.