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Call To Greatness
by Stevenson, Adlai E
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of Call To Greatness, signed by Adlai E. Stevenson.. Octavo, xii, 110pp, [5pp]. Black cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Appears unread. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.25 retail price on front flap, light wear at edges, shelf wear, a very good example. Signed by Adlai E. Stevenson on the front free endpaper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13552
- Title
- Call To Greatness
- Author
- Stevenson, Adlai E
- Illustrator
- First edition, first printing of Call To Greatness, signed by Adlai E. Stevenson.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- A Very Human President Valenti, Robert Caro, Master of the Senate. Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ Ranch, Mary Margaret Wiley, Mary Margaret Valenti, Jack Valenti, Air Force One Dallas, November 22, Kennedy Assassination, Hollywood producer, President Motion
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About the Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
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