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John Brown: American Crisis Biographies
by Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 19 x 13 cm. 406pp. First edition of this scarce Du Bois title with "Published September, 1909" on copyright page and no additional printings noted. Portrait frontispiece of Brown. Bound into blue cloth, gilt spine lettering. Ex-library copy with bookplate and pocket of "The Minneapolis Athenaeum" on front free endpaper, stamp on top and bottom foredge. Gutters are cracked and tender; the textblock feels nearly loose from the spine. Fraying to head and tail of spine. Biography of the abolitionist. Part of Jacobs Publisher's American Crisis Biographies series, edited by Ellis Paxton Oberholzer.
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- Seller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 75251
- Title
- John Brown: American Crisis Biographies
- Author
- Du Bois, W. E. Burghardt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- George W. Jacobs & Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- W. E. B. Du Bois
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Copyright page
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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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