The American A Middle Western Legend
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. "The American is a novel which tells the story of John Peter Altgeld of Illinois, a latter-day Lincoln, who sacrificed money and health and political power, to become the champion of democracy and the foe of greed and corruption." Ships same or next business day. Spine is slightly loose, normal edge wear, small bumps on spine ends, light tan spot on back paste-down endpaper, pages are lightly tanned. Pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has some chips on spine ends and corners, 1-inch tear on spine tail, lightly tanned. Tape on inside of jacket at stress points. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52459
- Title
- The American A Middle Western Legend
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan & Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.