ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP.
by Grayson, David [pen name of Ray Stannard Baker] 1870-1946
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West Brookfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. Illustrated by color tissue frontis and nine plates by Thomas Fogarty (two colored, two b/w and five with text on verso), numerous b/w text illustrations. Later edition. (c.1908 Phelps, c.1910 Doubleday). Period full limp green calf, gilt topboard and spine decoration, teg, illustrated eps. 12mo. pp. [x], 232. VG/No jacket, as issued. Rubbing at joints and corners, small owner stamp ffep, small heel chip, internally fine with a bit of offset. Thirteen shorts. Also under pen name: Adventures in Contentment 1907, The Friendly Road 1913, Adventures in Understanding 1925, and Adventures in Solitude 1931. (Pulizer Prize for American History, 1940)..
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- Bookseller
- OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OWBADV111625
- Title
- ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP.
- Author
- Grayson, David [pen name of Ray Stannard Baker] 1870-1946
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917.
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
Terms of Sale
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Point of Sale (by phone or fax), Checks, MO, drafts in US Funds. MA residents invoiced 6.25% Sales Tax. We cost (drop) ship world-wide via USPS, but will ship via other specified carriers and by your account number via pick-up service. We ship promptly in professional packaging. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages including book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Notify us of intent to return within 3 days of receipt in original packaging and matching post. On March 31 2018 (9-3) we will be at Flamingo Eventz Boxborough (MA) Paper Town with bindings and cards. Hope to see you there
About the Seller
OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Biblio member since 2004
West Brookfield, Massachusetts
About OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)
Rare, scarce, out-of-print books, ephemera, pamphlets, and selected periodicals in over 90 subject areas. Full bindery services by appointment, phone conference or email (Rebacking, full bindings, boxes and slipcases, restoration); Appraisals for indivicuals and institutions. We also offer unique blank cards created from recycled book illustrations. We ship promptly in professional packaging and update our databases nightly. Mail order and internet sales only. In office for questions 5am-3pm EST, Mon-Sat @ (508) 867-3434 (calls returned on complete messages incluing book title or number) or 24/7 secure fax. Doing business since 1994, SNEAB (formerly MARIAB) Member. Blank note card enclosed with every order.
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- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
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- New
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- Offset
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