A Boyhood in Iowa; With a Foreword by Will Irwin and wood engravings by John DePol
by Hoover, Herbert
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- Hardcover
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- Fine/very good
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/very good. DePol, John. 34, [2] p.: wood engravings; 24 cm. Green cloth spine with green-and-white paper over boards printed from a pattern by John DePol. Printed paper spine label. Green endpapers. With original glassine dust jacket and Errata slip signed by Neil Shaver. This is number 115 of a limited edition of 125 copies hand-printed by Neil Shaver at the Yellow Barn Press. Contents: An Informal Address Before the Iowa Society of Washington -- A Return to Boyhood Scenes. Book is in Fine Condition: a crisp and bright copy. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good: upper edge, which is slightly taller than the book, is chipped.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000873
- Title
- A Boyhood in Iowa; With a Foreword by Will Irwin and wood engravings by John DePol
- Author
- Hoover, Herbert
- Illustrator
- DePol, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Yellow Barn Press
- Place of Publication
- Council Bluffs
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; American History; History & Politics; Fine Binding & Printing;
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Jacket
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- Errata
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
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