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UNCLE SAM in the Eyes of His Family
by Erskine, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1930. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN ERSKINE ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Autographed edition with one page of original typed manuscript corrected and initialed by the author. LIMITED EDITION OF 356 COPIES. THIS IS No. 238. 351pp. Bound in rust colored cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering spine. Nearly fine, in near fine cloth covered slipcase with paper spine label.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5002
- Title
- UNCLE SAM in the Eyes of His Family
- Author
- Erskine, John
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Co
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
We specialize in Rare and Antiquarian First Editions, Literature, Americana, Important Manuscripts and Historic Autographs.
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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