Iron Millionaire Life of Charlemgne Tower
by Bridges, Hal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good - Very Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1952 Book. Good - Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, 1st Printing. 8vo. xiv + 322 pp, foreword, introduction by Allan Nevins, list of 4 illustrations, 21 chapters, notes, index. Top edge of text block fox spotted, previous owner's name inked on ffep (Sidney Fine), green cloth crisp, gilt spine bright, pages clean inside, binding tight, in chipped, torn, faded, DJ. G-VG / HC in fair DJ. 5.8" x 8.8" green cloth boards in salmon & white DJ..
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004101
- Title
- Iron Millionaire Life of Charlemgne Tower
- Author
- Bridges, Hal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Business Man - Post-Civil War Minnesota Iron Company
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.