Joe Dimaggio: the Hero's Life (Signed First Edition Society)
by Richard Ben Cramer and Fritz Yoos
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Running Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
Leather Bound. Very Good. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 2000. Signed First Edition. Signed by the author Richard Ben Cramer on the first leaf. Bound in rich full leather - Gold gilt page edging, lettering, and graphics. - Raised bands on the spine – Silk moire endpapers - Archival quality paper - Satin ribbon bookmark. 8vo – 6 x 9 ½ ". 546 pp. Includes “Signed First Edition Society” letter laid-in. Near fine. No dust jacket as issued. Minor rubbing to the exterior gilt edges. The interior is clean, bright and solid.
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- Bookseller
- R. Rivers Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTIBLE10-021418029
- Title
- Joe Dimaggio: the Hero's Life (Signed First Edition Society)
- Author
- Richard Ben Cramer and Fritz Yoos
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Product_type
- 1
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About the Seller
R. Rivers Books
Biblio member since 2016
Running Springs, California
About R. Rivers Books
R. Rivers Books offering Non-fiction and Fiction titles with an emphasis on Art, Vintage Children's, Military, and Local History books.
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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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
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