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Biltmore Oswald
by Thorne Smith
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1918. 1st Edition First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.5x5.5. Richard Dorgan. Book in fine condition, clean and square. A quirky book with humorous illustrations. This book does for the navy fledgling what " Dere Mable" does for the Army. jacket VG with a chip to spine top and soil and fading to spine and folds. There is a 1"x1/2" chip at top left at jacket rear panel. The (.75 cent) price is on the spine. the verso has been tape repaired and some of the repairs have bled o book cover at top rear. Very humorous and heartfelt dedication, " To my buddies, an unscrupulous, clamorous crew of pirates, as loyal and generous a lot as ever returned a borrowed dress jumper with dirty tapes; to numerous jimmy-legs and P.O.'s whose cantankerous tempers have furnished me with much material for this book; and also to a dog, and admirable dog whom I choose to call Mr. Fogerty, with apologies to this dog if in these pages his slave has unwittingly maligned his character or in any way cast suspicion upon his moral integrity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000432
- Title
- Biltmore Oswald
- Author
- Thorne Smith
- Illustrator
- Richard Dorgan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition First thus
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- First Edition. First printing thus
- Size
- 7.5x5.5
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
Biblio member since 2017
Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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