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Lincoln the Unknown - INSCRIBED first edition
by Carnegie, Dale (on Abraham Lincoln)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Century Co, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. VG+ in Fair dw. 8vo, x+308pp, green cloth stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Dale Carnegie on the FFEP in the month of publication (February 1932) to Anna Gundaker, wife of prominent Rotary founder Guy Gundaker. Else an unmarked copy of the first edition of this beloved presidential biography by Carnegie, which helped developed his profoundly influential techniques of motivation. Retains most of the original jacket (which has some losses at head and tail of spine and other extremities); book is clean with a little sunning to formerly exposed portions of cloth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3606
- Title
- Lincoln the Unknown - INSCRIBED first edition
- Author
- Carnegie, Dale (on Abraham Lincoln)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- New York: The Century Co
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dale Carnegie Abraham Lincoln the Unknown Inscribed Signed First Edition New York the Century Company 1932 American Presidential Biography Civil War Anna Gundaker Guy Gundaker Rotary Club Philadelphia International How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History;
Terms of Sale
Philip Smith, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Philip Smith, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Berkeley, California
About Philip Smith, Bookseller
We specialize in rare and unusual items in Metaphysics and Spirituality, Literature, Art, Cinema, Social Movements, Octavo Editions, and interdisciplinary areas.
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
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