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THE TALKING RIFLE (SIGNED)
by Vernam, Glenn R
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0385080980
- ISBN 13
- 9780385080989
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.6 in. x 5.6 in., pp. 184. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Rust-red cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to edges. Quarter-sized water stain to front board. Rubbing to edges and corners of dustjacket. Two two-inch closed tears and creases to bottom of dustjacket front cover. Spine and hinges are tight. Protected in mylar. "I was raised in a south-western Nebraska soddy... 10 miles south of Stockville, 13 1/2 miles north of Indianola, and 3 1/2 miles northwest of the now-vanished Post Office and store of Freedom...." Vernam (1896-1980) wrote comprehensive histories of man on horseback and western saddles. Also known for his Westerns. (Nebraska authors site).
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86032
- Title
- THE TALKING RIFLE (SIGNED)
- Author
- Vernam, Glenn R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385080980
- ISBN 13
- 9780385080989
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Westerns, Nebraska authors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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