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Pittsburgh: Forge of the Universe [Inscribed by Harper!]
by Harper, Frank C
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Very good+
- Seller
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Comet Press/Reflection, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good+. Warmly inscribed by Harper! Red cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has hint of wear to tips, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild edgewear that includes a few small tears, toning, faint sun to spine, now in archival mylar. Inscription is to Bill Schoyer, the husband of Maxine Schoyer, whose antiquarian bookstore was a Pittsburgh treasure for many years.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B57439
- Title
- Pittsburgh: Forge of the Universe [Inscribed by Harper!]
- Author
- Harper, Frank C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Comet Press/Reflection
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Pittsburgh
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Common Crow Books
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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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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