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The Cardinal Spellman Story
by Gannon, Robert I
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First Edition. First Printing Near fine in black cloth covered boards with a gilt on red title labels on the spine and front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/8 inches with a slight bow to the covers. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with one 1/4 inch deep chip at the upper edge of the spine area and several closed tears to both ends of the spine area and two very short closed tears across the top edge of the front panel. Warmly inscribed and signed by Spellman on the first free end page. 447 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Spellman from a black and white photograph and two sections of plates all from black and white photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31386
- Title
- The Cardinal Spellman Story
- Author
- Gannon, Robert I
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1962
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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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.
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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