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A God Against the Gods
by Allen Drury
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ted CoCoins. Limited Edition privately printed exclusively for Members of The First Edition Society, Allen Drury Classic, AS NEW, 407 pages, all edges gilt, full maroon calf with bright gilt ornamentation/design in a widow pain frame on both boards, 4 bands on spine with bright gilt titles and device in compartments, All Edges Gilt, tan silk moriee end papers and place ribbon, ULTRA CLEAN, No previous Owner bookplate or writing, Most presentable FINE Limited Edition. Note this in not the common 1991 red leather trade edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002615
- Title
- A God Against the Gods
- Author
- Allen Drury
- Illustrator
- Ted CoCoins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- The Franklin Library, Fine Binding
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
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- New
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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....
- Device
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