ALWAYS THE YOUNG STRANGERS [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]
by SANDBURG, CARL
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1953. LIMITED EDITION OF 600 COPIES - AUTOGRAPHED BY CARL SANDBURG. This is number 51/600. Original dark blue buckram covered boards with paper spine label. Blue top-edge stain. Printed on all rag paper. Fore edge untrimmed. With the original clear acetate dust jacket. The publisher's slipcase is sunned on edges with some silverfishing to the paper covering but is tight and structurally intact. The book is very bright and fine with crisp text. No name, bookplate, or other markings. A nice copy. . Signed. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25328
- Title
- ALWAYS THE YOUNG STRANGERS [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]
- Author
- SANDBURG, CARL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1953
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CARLSBAD , California
About RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Buckram
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- Sunned
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- Fore Edge
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- Edges
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- Spine Label
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