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Working for the Reader: A Chronicle of Culture, Literature, War and Politics in Books from the 1950's to the Present
by MITGANG, Herbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0818011246
- ISBN 13
- 9780818011245
- Seller
-
Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horizon Press, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 249pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. Tight and handsome first edition. Alfred Kazin introduces this interesting book-centered critique. Appropriate autograph addition: Tipped in facing the title page as a kind of frontispiece is a 5" X 8" manila envelope front signed by Mitgang in black fineline at upper left above the "New York Times" printed name/address and addressed by him to old friend Arnold Gates (1914-93, noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar). Undated, but postal labels dated 16 January 1980.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45783
- Title
- Working for the Reader: A Chronicle of Culture, Literature, War and Politics in Books from the 1950's to the Present
- Author
- MITGANG, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0818011246
- ISBN 13
- 9780818011245
- Publisher
- Horizon Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Literary Criticism;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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...
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