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The Saga of the Roaring Road
by Wagner, Fred J. (as told to John M. Mitchell)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/None
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Meador Publishing Company, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. 180pp; No DJ, red cloth boards with gilt titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, previous owner's name to front pastedown, Clymer Motors stamp to FFEP, FRONTISPIECE PHOTO IS MISSING (all other photo plates present), text unmarked, binding is tight, Fair condition (due to missing frontispiece). Scarce, vintage first-hand account of the early days of auto racing. Illustrated with photos.
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- Bookseller
- Book Happy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018237
- Title
- The Saga of the Roaring Road
- Author
- Wagner, Fred J. (as told to John M. Mitchell)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Meador Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- automotive racing cars history competition sports auto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Automotive;
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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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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