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Ordeal By Slander
by Lattimore, Owen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown, 1950. Owen Lattimore (1900-1989), brother of classicist Richmond, was a respected scholar on China; he was accused by the deranged alcoholic Senator Joseph McCarthy of being the "top Russian espionage agent in the United States." No supporting evidence was ever found, with the exception of some faint praise regarding Stalin (who was an ally in the war just past). This is a Near Fine copy of his account of the "ordeal," the First American Edition (it was published in England two years later). Tan cloth binding with blue lettering on the spine and a decoration on the front cover. Clean text; 236 pages. Slightly cocked; else a Fine copy. The dustjacket shows some minor edgewear, with a short tear at the head of the spine edge. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002939
- Title
- Ordeal By Slander
- Author
- Lattimore, Owen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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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.
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- 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...
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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