New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. 368 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in black cloth. Lacks the dust jacket. An ex-library copy with full markings. The binding is quite soiled and worn. Spine faded. There are marks and stamps on the endpapers. The text is clean, but a reading copy only. Stated First edition with a publisher's code on the copyright page of (G-K) for July, 1960.

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Seller: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 044351
Title: Taken at the Flood. The Storyh of Albert D. Lasker
Author: Gunther, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: 1960; John Gunther; Albert D. Lasker; Advertising; American; Business; Businessman.
Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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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...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Reading Copy: Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.