Magnificent Destiny : A Novel about the Great Secret Adventure of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston
by Wellman, Paul I
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Inscribed & signed by the author on the half-title : "To Marjorie Thoesh / a fine columnist / (in spite of her / denials) with / my admiration / Paul I. Wellman / Nov27, 1962". Very good in good dust jacket. Book : very slight wear along edges. Jacket : slight chipping at top & bottom of spine, rear panel darkened, small chip at top right of rear panel, small chip on top left corner of front panel, slight rubbing to face of Sam Houston on front panel. 479pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0785093
- Title
- Magnificent Destiny : A Novel about the Great Secret Adventure of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston
- Author
- Wellman, Paul I
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Signed Autographed Inscribed Paul Wellman Andrew Jackson Sam Houston
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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