DICK HAMILTON'S TOURING CAR OR A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE'S RACE FOR A FORTUNE
by Garis, Howard R
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good-
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1913. "This is an account of how the young millionaire, Dick Hamilton, unexpectedly did a great service for a stranger, and how, later learning that this same stranger needed help in saving his fortune, Dick took strenous action." 261 pp. DJ in Fair to Good- condition with chipping and tears to edges and corners, pieces missing to spine ends, jacket is soiled and dirty. Blue cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. Cover corners are bent and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, spine ends bent and fraying. Spine slightly cocked. Gift inscription from previous owner on front free endpaper. Interior clean. book in Good to Good+ condition.. Cloth. Good/Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Juvenile.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007336
- Title
- DICK HAMILTON'S TOURING CAR OR A YOUNG MILLIONAIRE'S RACE FOR A FORTUNE
- Author
- Garis, Howard R
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Publisher
- The World Syndicate Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Fiction, Juvenile
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Juvenile; Automobiles;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2"
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About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
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Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
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