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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
by Coolidge, Calvin
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
-
SANDY, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First Edition. Cloth & Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. A handsome and scarce Limited Numbered First Edition signed by President Coolidge on the limitation page and numbered 252 of 1,000 Limited Edition copies. With dark blue cloth spine and marbled paper boards with gold titling. In near fine condition with very slight cocking, two spots and a scratch on the front cover but with attractive gold gilt on the top edge and the interior is bright and clean, and the pages are stiff and fresh. There is slight darkening on the inside hinge of the front endpapers as though there had been a small article there previously, and the untrimmed page edges are naturally tanned from age. Overall a very solid book with a fresh and clean signature and clean and clear photographs. A handsome book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5062
- Title
- The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
- Author
- Coolidge, Calvin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth & Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Parrish Books
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About the Seller
Parrish Books
Biblio member since 2006
SANDY, Oregon
About Parrish Books
Parrish Books is a full-time on-line dealer in fine collectible books in business since 2002. With specialities in signed limited editions and many favorite authors including Ray Bradbury, Richard Bach, Tom Clancy, John Updike, Kurt Vonnegut, Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak. We specialize in exceptional customer service and quality packaging of all orders.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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