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Heroic Lives
by Sabatini, Rafael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine and with repairs to the front hinge. In a good unclipped dust jacket with a 2" deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area and three small narrow chips from the fold to the front flap. 416 pages of text. A collection of six sketches of famous and heroic historical figures to include Richard I; Saitn Francis of Assisi; Joan of Arc; Sir Walter Ralegh; Lord Nelson; and Florence Nightingale.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB24678
- Title
- Heroic Lives
- Author
- Sabatini, Rafael
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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