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A Study of Critical Reading Comprehension in the Intermediate Grades (Teacher's College, Columbia University , Contributions to Education, No. 811)
by Gans, Roma
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1940. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Bound in navy cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. 135 pages. Corresponding 1940 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. One folding plate. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author July 11, 1941 on the front free endpaper, with signee's bookplate to the front pastedown. Two leaves corner-creased, otherwise no internal damage. The cloth shows mild edgewear with slight frays at the corners and spine ends; the spine lettering is slightly faded. Clean and tight. Uncommon. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125344
- Title
- A Study of Critical Reading Comprehension in the Intermediate Grades (Teacher's College, Columbia University , Contributions to Education, No. 811)
- Author
- Gans, Roma
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP).
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- EDUCATION TESTS GRADING
- Bookseller catalogs
- education; Signed Books;
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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