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Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness
by Taylor, Robert Lewis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
- Seller
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. VG. 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in blue cloth. A very good copy in a good, price-clipped dust jacket. Small bumps to the book's corners. Dust soi ling to the edges of its upper page block. The dust jacket rubbed/fray ed at the head and heel of its spine and at its corners. Rubbing to th e folds. Heavy rubbing along the rear spine edge. The jacket's spine i s faded. Dust soiling to the rear panel. .
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- Bookseller
- Dearly Departed Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20697
- Title
- Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness
- Author
- Taylor, Robert Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dearly Departed Books
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Alliance, Ohio
About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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