[Salesman's Dummy] Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom
by O'Brien, P.J.; Thomas, Lowell (Appreciation)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Carrollton, Georgia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. This salesman's dummy of P.J. O'Brien's Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom features a sampling of the binding, contents, text, and illustrations of the book, with the salesman's order form at rear. A fun and out-of-the-ordinary look at what the pre-publication form of this popular book for boys looked like.
8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Bound in blue cloth over boards with decorative covers stamped in black. Wear to boards with toning, rubbing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Age-toning to pages. First couple pages are creased and separated from spine at top 1/2", though the pages remain firmly attached. Pencil mark to second page. Pages are otherwise free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this saleman's dummy for the biography of humorist, philanthropist, cowboy, newspaper columnist, movie- and vaudeville-star, Will Rogers.
8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Bound in blue cloth over boards with decorative covers stamped in black. Wear to boards with toning, rubbing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Age-toning to pages. First couple pages are creased and separated from spine at top 1/2", though the pages remain firmly attached. Pencil mark to second page. Pages are otherwise free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this saleman's dummy for the biography of humorist, philanthropist, cowboy, newspaper columnist, movie- and vaudeville-star, Will Rogers.
Details
- Bookseller
- Underground Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9506
- Title
- [Salesman's Dummy] Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom
- Author
- O'Brien, P.J.; Thomas, Lowell (Appreciation)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Universal Book and Bible House
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1935
Terms of Sale
Underground Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Underground Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Carrollton, Georgia
About Underground Books, ABAA
Underground Books is an online rare and antiquarian bookshop as well as a brick and mortar general bookstore of the same name in downtown Carrollton, Georgia. Sister store Hills & Hamlets Bookshop is located in the nearby planned eco-community of Serenbe.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....