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High Towers
by Costain, Thomas B
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1949. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean red cloth boards with gold coat of arms on cover, black title box with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Tiny bit of fading at extreme top edge of spine (1/16"). Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Maps on endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. 403 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has very slight edge wear, one closed tear at rear spine fold (1-1/2"). Spine has faded, but all lettering is clear and legible. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. "A magnificent historical romance chronicling the adventures of the fabulous Le Moyne family of Montreal who became the hoeroes of French Canada and founded the storied city of New Orleans." 8vo. Historical Fiction..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009434
- Title
- High Towers
- Author
- Costain, Thomas B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- NOVEL FICTION COSTAIN NEW ORLEANS
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About Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
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- 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....
- Edges
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- Price Clipped
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- Cloth
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