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The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers
by Newton, A. Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- ISBN 10
- 1299151566
- ISBN 13
- 9781299151567
- Seller
-
Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little Brown and Co, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. Octavo. Hardcover. xvii, [1], 451 pages. Beige paper covered boards with brown cloth spine. Paper title label on the spine. No dust jacket. Gilt top edge. Color frontispiece. Illustrated in text. Light soil to the covers and spine. A good reading copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20328
- Title
- The Greatest Book in the World and Other Papers
- Author
- Newton, A. Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1299151566
- ISBN 13
- 9781299151567
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Books on Books
Terms of Sale
Americana Books ABAA
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About the Seller
Americana Books ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- First Edition
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- Jacket
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