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Letter to the Alumni
by Hersey, John
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Inscribed by John Hersey, the first edition of Letter To The Alumni, published in 1970.. Octavo, 145pp. Blue cloth, title in silver on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Appears unread. Previous gift inscription on front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, price clipped, touch of shelf wear. Inscribed with a quote from the book on the title page. Letter to the Alumni followed the trial of Black Panther activists in New Haven, Connecticut. Hersey attempts to explain the ongoing civil rights and antiwar activism on campuses around the United States.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14404
- Title
- Letter to the Alumni
- Author
- Hersey, John
- Illustrator
- Inscribed by John Hersey, the first edition of Letter To The Alumni, published in 1970.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
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- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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....
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