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The Unvanquished: A Novel of the American Revolution (Modern Library #239.1)
by FAST, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c.1946]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting Howard Fast's historical novel of George Washington and the American Revolution. Includes maps of New Jersey and New York City areas in 1776. Volume in jacket with a front panel color illustration of Washington. --- In Toledano spine 8 / grey cloth / gilt titling on red spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 309 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1946 (though 1945 date appears in book). ML #239.1. --- With dulling to cover & spine gilding and prior owner's signature & info. to half title, else a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.25) with chafing to extremities but remaining bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; [14], 316, [6, ads] pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88220
- Title
- The Unvanquished: A Novel of the American Revolution (Modern Library #239.1)
- Author
- FAST, Howard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1946]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- 12mo
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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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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