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Walls of America (House of Uncle Sam) [Inscribed and Signed]
by FARRINGTON, Harry Webb; W.H. Mace, intro
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Bradley Beach, NJ: Rough and Brown Press, [1925]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original maroon blind-ruled buckram, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; 142,[2](ads)pp.; illus., including photographs. Fine. Signed and inscribed "Very Cordially Yours / Harry Webb Farrington" on front free endpaper. Small aviation-themed illustrated broadside Christmas greeting card (16cm.) printed in green and signed in print from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Webb Farrington, reproducing Farrington's hymn "The Men in Air." A collection of poems and essays dedicated to the "four greatest Americans," (p. [3]), Franklin, Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. The project, according to the author's Foreword, was inspired by an incident during World War I when Farrington passed a group of friendly Cuirassiers in Ain, France, during a stroll. Though Farrington had already published a book of war poetry, (Poems from France, 1920), his favored medium of expression was hymn writing.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25570
- Title
- Walls of America (House of Uncle Sam) [Inscribed and Signed]
- Author
- FARRINGTON, Harry Webb; W.H. Mace, intro
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rough and Brown Press
- Place of Publication
- Bradley Beach, NJ
- Date Published
- [1925]
- Keywords
- Benjamin Franklin George Washington Abraham Lincoln Theodore Roosevelt American presidents
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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