Grandpa was a Polygamist
by Bailey, Paul
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Westernlore Press, 1960. Very Good. Bailey, Paul. Grandpa was a Polygamist. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1960. 1 of 1250 copies. x, 181pp. 12mo. Red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering. Signed by author. Book condition: Very good. Former owner's name on front free end sheet. Signed by Bailey on half title page. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Price clipped. Spine lightly darkened and a few light stains on back cover.
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- Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
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- Title
- Grandpa was a Polygamist
- Author
- Bailey, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Westernlore Press
- Date Published
- 1960
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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