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Drums Along the Mohawk
by Edmonds, Walter D
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Blue cloth over boards, title blind stamped onto upper cover together with gilt drum inside of rectangular gilt rule, title stamped in gilt onto spine, map endpapers, top edge stained blue, 8vo, pp. viii, 592. With "Announced May, 1936/ Published July, 1936" stated on the copyright page. Spine is sunned with fading to cloth. Clean and unmarked inside.
Synopsis
Walter D. Edmonds was a bestselling American author, a National Book Award winner, and recipient of the Newbery Medal. He published over 30 books in his lifetime, and was most popular for his historical novels. He died in 1998.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69
- Title
- Drums Along the Mohawk
- Author
- Edmonds, Walter D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second State
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
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- 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...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
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