American First Editions
by Johnson, Merle
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1929. First limited edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with light rubbing to the spine ends and corners with top edge gilt. Without a dust jacket. One of only 1,000 limited edition copies produced with an eight page addenda laid-in in the rear. A "Bibliographic Check Lists of the Works of One Hundred and Five American Authors." Edited by Merle Johnson. 242 pages of text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB10059
- Title
- American First Editions
- Author
- Johnson, Merle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- R. R. Bowker Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...