Taken at the Flood
by John Gunther
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Ridgeley, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Text is clean and unused in a bright, tight, and square binding. Only defect is age-toning at the edges of the text block. Price clipped DJ has minor wear along the outer edges. From the front DJ flap, "Albert D. Lasker, the subject of this diverting and discerning book, was one of the most interesting and useful Americans of the twentieth century. His life impinged colorfully on a surprising variety of elements in the national scene, from advertising and business to politics and philanthropy - including sport, shipping, show business, Jewish affairs and much else."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grampy's Bookcase (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2bc203105
- Title
- Taken at the Flood
- Author
- John Gunther
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 368
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Albert D. Lasker
Terms of Sale
Grampy's Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Grampy's Bookcase
Biblio member since 2018
Ridgeley, West Virginia
About Grampy's Bookcase
A private collector with over three thousand quality used books. Many books are quite old and cover many topics, particularly history and related social sciences. Included is a large collection of early and mid 20th century books on the history of the labor movement and socialist party in the United States. After a lifetime of collecting, looking for good homes for these prized editions.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.