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Horatio Alger: Or, the American Hero Era
by Gardner, Ralph D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Topeka, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Arco Publishing Company. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers a bit soiled with curled spine ends and light wear at corners. Former owner's book plate on front paste down. Inscription, signed by the author, Ralph D. Gardner (NY Times staff member, advertising executive and a noted biographer of Horatio Alger) on the ffep is dated November 21, 1980. Block edges are soiled and page edges are a bit toned, otherwise a fine copy. Jacket is heavily worn with several tears including a large missing portion over the front cover from the spine effecting the "Hor" in the title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 503 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6395
- Title
- Horatio Alger: Or, the American Hero Era
- Author
- Gardner, Ralph D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Arco Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
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Topeka, Kansas
About Oddfellow's Fine Books and Col
We sell antiquarian and gently used books specializing in all things Kansas. We also offer a large selection of books for children, vintage young adult & series books; Agriculture; Psychology; Militaria and Western Americana.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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