Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott
by Shepard, Odell
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Springfield, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1937. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G. Book . VG HB in G DJ, protected by archival polyester cover. Little, Brown & Company's Centenary Prize Book & 1938 Pulitzer for Biography. xvi p., 4 l., 3-546 p.; illlus.: front. (port.) plates, 25 cm. Tan cloth over boards w/Alcott's signature blind stamped on front cover (gilt has faded); gilt title on black field on spine. Corners turned; light shelf wear. Text block is tight and unmarked; paper a little brown from age. Unclipped DJ tattered at edges w/small chips at folds & 1/2" loss at top of back panel. Size: Octavo (8vo; up to 9 3/4" / 20-25 cm tall). 546 pages. Item Type: Book. Illustrator: Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Cultural Heritage; United States; 1930s; . Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 870. .
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- Bookseller
- Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 870
- Title
- Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott
- Author
- Shepard, Odell
- Illustrator
- Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB22 Biography Pultizer Biography & Autobiography; Cultural Heritage; United States; 1930s; Grassby, Percy & Robillard, Conrad G. Unbranded Shepard, Odell Pedlar's Progress: The Life of Bronson Alcott
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- Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Ohio residents must pay the required state sales tax for intra-state sales. Thirty (30) day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Biblio member since 2007
Springfield, Ohio
About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA
Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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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