A Son of His Country:An Imaginative Novel Dealing with George Washington's Youth
by Bloem, Walter
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Bethel, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928. (1st edition). Hardbound. VERY GOOD. Tight, faint age toning and occasional faint foxing to pages, clean and faint tilt to spine. Black cloth with green lettering. Rough cut edges to bottom and side of text block. No dust jacket. Bookplate with no name on it inside front cover. Softened spine end and rubbed cover edges. Starts with Washington's first encounter with settlers who realize someone is now claiming the land they settled. 1.3
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- Bookseller
- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6-1T010
- Title
- A Son of His Country:An Imaginative Novel Dealing with George Washington's Youth
- Author
- Bloem, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- (1st edition)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Historical;
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About the Seller
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Bethel, Connecticut
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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