The Lost Years
by Lewis, Oscar
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1951. What if Lincoln didn't die in Booth's attempt? An historical, speculative novel. Lovely illustrations. This copy has some slight rubbing on the spine and a neat previous owner name on front paste-down. DJ has a small chip on the top of the spine and another small one on front; some rubbing to edges, but bright & clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Mallette Dean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000127
- Title
- The Lost Years
- Author
- Lewis, Oscar
- Illustrator
- Mallette Dean
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- 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.