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FAR HORIZONS THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AN ENGINEER
by EHLERS, Joseph H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good-/Good-
- Seller
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ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Publisher's original orange cloth with black spine lettering, octavo, pp. 189. Black and white illustrations. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner on free front endpaper verso. Author SIGNED a second time, lower on the same page. On rear pastedown near gutter, same previous owner has written his name vertically in ink. Two paper items, held in place by tape long ago, have either been removed from the pastedowns or the tape dried completely and they dropped out, resulting in old brown tape shadows (no stickiness or residue). Brief underlining in passage pertaining to Ayers Rock on pp. 187 and 188. Dust jacket with a short tear at top edge of rear panel at spine, and a splash mark from coffee or tea on rear fold flap. Finally, the publisher manufactured the dust jacket a tad too short for the book. Jacket now protected in removable Brodart. Book and jacket about GOOD condition, withal.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3693
- Title
- FAR HORIZONS THE TRAVEL DIARY OF AN ENGINEER
- Author
- EHLERS, Joseph H
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Carlton Press, [1966]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
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About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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