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The Marines
by St. Jorre, John de
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Padded red leather, all edges gilt in slipcase. Fine
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, London: Doubleday, 1989. Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USMC (Retired) 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps on colophon page. Photographed by Anthony Edgeworth. 253, [3]pp. 4to. Padded red leather, all edges gilt in slipcase. Fine. Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USMC (Retired) 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps on colophon page. Photographed by Anthony Edgeworth. 253, [3]pp. 4to. Inscribed to " January 28, 1992. To Ambassador Walter J.P. Curley-Marine! Many Thanks for your hospitality and for your continued dedicated service to Country. Sincerely Charles Goode, Jr. Colonel, USMC (Ret.).
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Details
- Seller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 339410
- Title
- The Marines
- Author
- St. Jorre, John de
- Format/Binding
- Photographed by Anthony Edgeworth. 253, [3]pp. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Padded red leather, all edges gilt in slipcase. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USM
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, London
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Americana | Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; History, Travel & Geography;
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James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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...
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