The Backwoods Boy or How a Young Railsplitter Became President
by Alger, Horatio
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Warsaw, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
John R. Anderson and Henry S. Allen, 1883 First state with ths title the second one listed in the ads. Bound in decorative mustard colored cloth with black and gilt illustrations, "The Illustious American Series". Shelf wear and also wear to the spine extremities, one sig starting to come loose, corners slightly curled, finger marks to the front endpaper and also the half title. A bright clean, sharp , attractive copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000599
- Title
- The Backwoods Boy or How a Young Railsplitter Became President
- Author
- Alger, Horatio
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John R. Anderson and Henry S. Allen
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- Juvenile
Terms of Sale
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Books returnable if not as described and returned in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Biblio member since 2006
Warsaw, Indiana
About Kerkhoff Books Div KSI
Primarily online seller with emphasis on better quality books.In the book business since the mid 1980s.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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