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Reluctant Empire
by George Fuermann
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. H5 - An ex-library first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the back of the front free endpaper in good condition in good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has label on the spine, some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges, scattered foxing and stains, inside flaps adhered to the fixed endpapers, tanning and light shelf wear Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some bumped corners, scattered foxing and stains, back free endpaper cutout, tanning and light shelf wear. With Drawings by E.M. Schiwetz. 8.5"x5.75", 284 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- ec45767
- Title
- Reluctant Empire
- Author
- George Fuermann
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- HISTORY TEXAS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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La Porte, Texas
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- Jacket
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- Flap(s)
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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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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