MAN WHO KILLED LINCOLN: The Story of John Wilkes Booth and His Part in the Assassination
by Van Doren Stern, Philip
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Random House (1939) 376 pp. Original gray cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled. Spine a bit sunned. DJ lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear and few short tears to edges. Approx. 1 1/2" closed tear at bottom edge of front panel. Rear flap price clipped. Includes 32 pp. pamphlet in rear pocket. Illust. w/ a frontispiece of John Wilkes Booth. Contents nice.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22143LIN
- Title
- MAN WHO KILLED LINCOLN: The Story of John Wilkes Booth and His Part in the Assassination
- Author
- Van Doren Stern, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Keywords
- PRESIDENTS BIOGRAPHY LINCOLN ABRAHAM 1809 1865 HEADS OF STATE 1861 1865 MILITARY HISTORY CIVIL WAR SLAVERY LAW CRIME TRIALS ASSASSINATIONS CONSPIRACY CONSPIRATORS ASSASSINS BOOTH JOHN WILKES 1838 1865 ACTORS POLITICS GOVERNMENT AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Presidents; Law;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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