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The Epic of America
by Adams, James Truslow
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book very good: wear to spine, mild shelf wear to boards, toning/foxing to endpapers, toned edges to text block, text clean, bin/DJ: good: age worn, rubbed, NOT clipped.
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: Triangle Books, 1941. first thus. hardcover. Book very good: wear to spine, mild shelf wear to boards, toning/foxing to endpapers, toned edges to text block, text clean, binding tight./DJ: good: age worn, rubbed, NOT clipped.. M.J. Gallagher. 12mo 431pp. first Triangle Books edition February 1941. 17 woodcuts by M.J. Gallagher. from front flap: "The extraordinary critical reception and the exceptionally large sales with which this book was welcomed are sufficient proof of the great success James Truslow Adams has had in his aim to give a graphic, comprehensive narrative interpreting the American people, the influences which have shaped their character, the contaminations to which they were exposed, and the spirit which has brought them through crises in the past and must be trusted to preserve them in the troubled future." #01334.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1273
- Title
- The Epic of America
- Author
- Adams, James Truslow
- Illustrator
- M.J. Gallagher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book very good: wear to spine, mild shelf wear to boards, toning/foxing to endpapers, toned edges to text block, text clean, bin
- Jacket Condition
- DJ: good: age worn, rubbed, NOT clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- Publisher
- Triangle Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- history, american history, america, nonfiction, first edition, triangle books
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.