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Pi: A Hodge-Podge of the Letters Papers and Addresses Written during the Last Sixty Years by Bruce Rogers
by Bruce Rogers
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Edition. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt. Custom ex-libris bookplate on front paste down, else clean. Dust jacket has some light chipping at spine ends and corners; several short closed tears; minor blemishing; price clipped; in a clear archival sleeve. 185 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Laid-in: Bruce Rogers' personal Christmas card, inscribed by him to the British-American sculptor John Angel. ''To John / from Bruce / wishing him a [arrow]''. Card features an stylized representation of Rogers' October House residence. Lightly penciled on the back side of the card is a note indicating the John Angel provenance.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013555
- Title
- Pi: A Hodge-Podge of the Letters Papers and Addresses Written during the Last Sixty Years by Bruce Rogers
- Author
- Bruce Rogers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- World Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland and New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John Angel,
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- New
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, 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...
- 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...
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