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HORATIO ALGER: Or, The American Hero Era
by Gardner, Ralph D
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Mendota, IL: The Wayside Press (1964) 506 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled; corners and spine ends a bit bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RALPH D. GARDNER ON FRONT BLANK ENDPAPER. Illust. w/ color and b/w plates. Contents very nice.. Inscribed & Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14645LIT
- Title
- HORATIO ALGER: Or, The American Hero Era
- Author
- Gardner, Ralph D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Wayside Press
- Place of Publication
- Mendota, IL
- Keywords
- LITERATURE GENERAL AUTHORS WRITERS BIOGRAPHY ALGER HORATIO 1832 1899 CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE NOVELS CHILDREN STORIES BIBLIOGRAPHY REFERENCE GUIDE 19TH NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES LITERARY WORKS ILLUSTRATED
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
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- 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...
- Edges
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
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