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The American Story
by Archibald MacLeish
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1960 Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, New York. 1960. Hardcover. Stated 2nd Edition. Retired library copy with inked out library name on text-block edges and half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked except as noted above. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelf wear; light dust soiling to text block top. DJ; Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($3.75); slight chipping at head; light edge wear and rubbing to panels. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 231 pp 8vo. The ten radio scripts which make up this book were broadcast over the NBC system in 1944 with their theme being the American experience- the experience common to the Americans of the early settlements and voyages, of whatever race. Created from the ancient chronicles, the narratives, the letters, and from the pages written by those who saw with their own eyes and were part of it. A brilliant and enduring image of America for a radio broadcast to allow the listener to "see" it for themselves. A clean very presentable copy with little use/wear as a library book in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007087
- Title
- The American Story
- Author
- Archibald MacLeish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan, and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- America, NBC Radio, American Experience, American History, the Americas, discoverers, explorers, pioneers, Columbus, Raleigh, Hudson, Nat Bacon, Washington, Jefferson, Vespucci, Cabeza de Vaca
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
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