George Washington Carver Landmark #38 HB/DJ The Story of a Great American
by Anne Terry White; Illustrator: Douglas Gorsline
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Excellent/Good Plus
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 1953. Hardcover. Excellent/Good Plus. 8x5x1. Douglas Gorsline. Vintage Landmark Hardback Cloth Book with Dust Jacket. Book is in Very Good condition with a tight binding and clean crisp pages. Inside text is in Excellent condition and appears to be unread and unused. No writing or markings in the book. Outside cloth covers are very nice with some minor corner wear. Dust Jacket is in Good Plus condition showing some soiling primarily to the back cover with some edge chipping and small missing pieces primarily from the top and bottom of the outside spine, but also along the top and bottom edges. Dust Jacket is now covered by a new clear mylar cover. Book has come from a private collection and is NOT an ex-library book. Landmark Books and World Landmark Books are accurate, in-depth stories for young people in the 9-15 year old range. These living histories were written by award-winning authors or by men and women who experienced the events first hand. Written during the 1950's and 1960's and illustrated either with two-color drawings or clear photographs, the books are informative, enjoyable, and well worth reading and collecting. Landmark Book #38. George Washington Carver was a great American. He was born a slave. He ended up with the Roosevelt Medal and with every man, woman and child in America knowing his name.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Keller Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230911B
- Title
- George Washington Carver Landmark #38 HB/DJ The Story of a Great American
- Author
- Anne Terry White; Illustrator: Douglas Gorsline
- Illustrator
- Douglas Gorsline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Excellent
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8x5x1
- Weight
- 1.25 lbs
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About the Seller
Keller Books
Biblio member since 2008
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Keller Books
Keller Books deals primarily in Vintage Children's Books, Home School Books, and Traditional Catholic Books.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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