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A June Motor Jaunt: The Rambling Tale of a Summer Motor Trip
by BUTLER, Charles R
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine. Some slight foxing to half-title and title pages, a clean and square copy with no bumping as shown in photos./No Jacket.
- Seller
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Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Mankato, MN: Free Press Company, 1923. Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt title. 7"x5" 12mo. Near Fine. Some slight foxing to half-title and title pages, a clean and square copy with no bumping as shown in photos./No Jacket.. The Ultimate Christmas brag letter. Charles R. Butler, the publisher of the Mankato Free Press, travelled in his motor car from Minnesota to New England and back home. He had this trip journal printed and given out as Christmas gifts. There are a few offered for sale and 7 copies in libraries according to WorldCat. From what I can tell, this is the only copy where recipient is left blank.
from the Half Title:
"The Rambling Tale of a Summer Motor Trip Done Into Booklet Form and Presented to _______ With the Christmas greeting and best wishes of author, December 1923.
from the Half Title:
"The Rambling Tale of a Summer Motor Trip Done Into Booklet Form and Presented to _______ With the Christmas greeting and best wishes of author, December 1923.
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Details
- Bookseller
- R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36
- Title
- A June Motor Jaunt
- Author
- BUTLER, Charles R
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's green cloth with stamped gilt title. 7"x5" 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine. Some slight foxing to half-title and title pages, a clean and square copy with no bumping as shown in photos.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Free Press Company
- Place of Publication
- Mankato, MN
- Date Published
- 1923
- Keywords
- Mankato MN, Mankato Free Press, Automobilia, Motoring, Minnesota, The White Mountains, The Berkshires, Travelogues, 1920s
Terms of Sale
R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer
Biblio member since 2022
Dodge Center, Minnesota
About R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer
From a young age, I've been enamored by paper and books. R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer is an online vintage bookstore based in rural Southeast Minnesota. My love of paper compels me to scout out paper treasures for fellow bibliomaniacs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Worldcat
- Worldcat is a collaborative effort produced by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and supported and used by 72,000 libraries...
- 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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