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JAMES PHILLIPS, JR.
by Briggs, Walter De Blois
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: Privately Published, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited to 150 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Laudatory biography of James Phillips, Jr. (1848-1931), the Scottish-born American businessman whose distinguished career included successful ventures in manufacturing, editing, politics, and copper mining. Frontispiece portrait, with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. This copy is inscribed by the author, Phillips' grandson, on the verso of the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original blue paper-covered boards over a tan cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. The spine is lightly sun faded, with a very mild bump to the bottom corners; else very good or better.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69923
- Title
- JAMES PHILLIPS, JR.
- Author
- Briggs, Walter De Blois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Published
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Americana, New York Press, Newspapers, Business, Copper Mining, Fine Press, Grabhorn Press
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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