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The Quest for the Galloping Hogan
by Culligan-Hogan, Matthew J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/fair
- Seller
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Pittsburg, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/fair. Octavo, 120 pages. Unstated first edition. Gold boards with green spine and gilt accents. Firm binding; no loose pages. Foxed edges and lightly tanned pages. Dust jacket with chips and tears; a few small pieces missing at top edge. Dust jacket now encased in a clear, protective cover. From the dust jacket: "Here is the true story of the Rapparees of Ireland and the Wild Geese of the Western Wold, told by a member of the Clan Ogan/O'Hogan/Hogan. The Hogans were members of the Dalcassian tribe, whose forebears reached Ireland about 500 B.C., coming from Iberia, which is modern Spain and Portugal."
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- Bookseller
- Wayside Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9998
- Title
- The Quest for the Galloping Hogan
- Author
- Culligan-Hogan, Matthew J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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About the Seller
Wayside Books
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Pittsburg, Kansas
About Wayside Books
Wayside Books LLC is owned by Dianne and Steven Cox, currently operating their online store in Southeast Kansas. We have honed our rare book skills at the Rare Books School at the University of Virginia and the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. We sell modern first editions and collectible fiction, as well as children's books and non-fiction books, with an emphasis on history, politics, social sciences, and the arts.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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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