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The Life of Joseph Rucker Lamar 1857-1916
by Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Inscribed by Lamar! First edition, 1926, hardcover with blue cloth boards with paper title band in dust jacket, octavo, 284pp., frontispiece and illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with mild rubbing and edgewear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, with handsome gilt to top edge of textblock. DJ good with edgewear that includes a small tear to spine head that extends across face of spine, rubbing and soil.
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- Bookseller
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C000023445
- Title
- The Life of Joseph Rucker Lamar 1857-1916
- Author
- Lamar, Clarinda Pendleton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Americana
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About the Seller
Common Crow Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Common Crow Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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