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Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat INSCRIBED
by Dufour, Charles L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1957. First edition. HC w DJ. PC VG+/Good+. INSCRIBED. Tan cloth boards, bright orange & maroon spine titling & sword decoration, barest edgewear, light foxing to edges, FO name (ex-libris longtime Vanderbilt professor, Herschel Gower) to FFEP, light foxing to endpapers & early leaves, generously inscribed by author to title page (""To Herschel Gower,/ with warm regards, despite the / fact his ""man"" beat ""my man"" / in a brawl, without my know/ing it. 25 Aug. 1973."" Unclipped ($3.50) DJ edgewear w nicks/chips, creases, rubbing to extremities, now in Brodart. Photo illustrations with maps. Uncommon association copy. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220017
- Title
- Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat INSCRIBED
- Author
- Dufour, Charles L
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louisiana State Univ. Press
- Place of Publication
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Date Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 232
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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Glossary
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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