American Spies
by Deming, Richard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good. Vosburgh, Leonard. Another in Whitman's series of collectible books for children, most based on popular 1950s-1960s television & culture! This one was part of the "Real Life Stories," all base on true events. Here, famous undercover agents from American history are featured in 11 stories for YA readers. All are hardcovers with semi-glossy illustrated covers; none every came with dust jackets. Collect them all! In 210 pages, + extra ads for other Whitman books in rear, this one (#1512 ) is in Good- (minus) condition: generally very clean, with minor surface rubbing & edgewear, bumped corners, light soil. Binding straight & strong. Protective acetate coating is tearing in many places along the spine, & spine shows heavy rubbing at both ends. All pages show moderate-heavy tanning, especially around edges, in line with age & paper quality, but are unmarked. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (PST); weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015990
- Title
- American Spies
- Author
- Deming, Richard
- Illustrator
- Vosburgh, Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS SERIES COLLECTIBLE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Mystery-Thriller-Suspense-Horror;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...