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Building A New Empire
by Ayers, Nathaniel M
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition ?. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Good to VG condition. C. 1910 by author, assume First Edition- no further notations on copyright page. Hardcover/ no DJ, 221 pages, rough- cut side & bottom edge to text block, 8 x 5 1/2"". Photo frontis (w/ tissue protector intact) & 15 plates in text (verified)- incl. line drawings & b/w photos- all firmly & completely attached. I went through this book twice & could find no evidence of any more illus. being present or removed. Red cloth binding tight & square- shows light rubbing, bit of soil. Small 1/2"" x 1/4"" nick at top of spine. Gold gilt lettering intact & legible. Overall, copy displays very well. Front & rear pastedown endpapers show a little scraped away on side edge- minor. Only a hint of toning to text; tight, clean, unmarked. NO hinge splits or cracks, NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48
- Title
- Building A New Empire
- Author
- Ayers, Nathaniel M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition ?
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Broadway Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
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- Gilt
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