Abram S. Hewitt: With Some Account of Peter Cooper (In Dustjacket)
by Allan Nevins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. The 1935 stated 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG (light rubbing along the spine, mild offsetting at the front pastedown and the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, "essentially the history of the Cooper-Hewitt family and its great work in industry, politics and philanthropy extending over more than a century." (from the front flap).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20929
- Title
- Abram S. Hewitt: With Some Account of Peter Cooper (In Dustjacket)
- Author
- Allan Nevins
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- rare American history, rare American biography, rare New York history, Cooper-Hewitt history
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- VG
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...