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Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress: Two Generations of one of America's Richest Families
by Swanberg, W. A
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good -
- ISBN 10
- 0684164485
- ISBN 13
- 9780684164489
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Scribner, 1980. A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight but pulling away from the boards. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Two sections of black and white photos. Light foxing on the page edges. Slight musty smell. Jacket spine is slightly sun faded and the edges and corners are rubbed with a few small tears.. First Edition, 1st printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good -. Mylared.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040463
- Title
- Whitney Father, Whitney Heiress: Two Generations of one of America's Richest Families
- Author
- Swanberg, W. A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good -
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684164485
- ISBN 13
- 9780684164489
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY BUSINESS
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About the Seller
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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