STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK
by Washington, Booker T./Curry, Dr. J. L. M. (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Toronto: J. L. Nichols & Company (1900) 424 pp. Original purple cloth covers w/ decoration on front cover, and gilt title on spine. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed w/ wear to extremities. Spine a bit sunned. Hinges shaken. Light scattered foxing. Approx. 1/2" closed tear to top margin of page 245, not affecting any text. Illust. w/ b/w plates and drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good-/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Frank Beard. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11220BH
- Title
- STORY OF MY LIFE AND WORK
- Author
- Washington, Booker T./Curry, Dr. J. L. M. (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Frank Beard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. L. Nichols & Company
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Keywords
- BLACK HISTORY AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY WASHINGTON BOOKER T. TALIAFERRO 1856 1915 EDUCATORS LEADERS AUTHORS TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY ALABAMA STATE HISTORY AL NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK RACIAL HISTORY ETHNIC HISTORY AMERICAN HIS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black History; Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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