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JACK MINER AND THE BIRDS AND SOME THINGS I KNOW ABOUT NATURE
by Miner, Jack
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Reilly & Lee. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1925. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. ; Full green morocco leather bound cover with 5 raised bands and gilt stamping is sunned on spine with light wear to corners and spine caps but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Aqua marbled page edges are near pristine. Lovely dentilles in excellent condition. Marbled end sheets and paste downs are pristine. Inscribed and signed by author on front end sheet. Pages are clean and pristine. Also laid-in is a personal letter handwritten and signed by the author on author's letterhead regarding the preparation of specially bound edition as a gift as requested by Dr. Frank J. Sladen. Dr. Sladen had treated Miner at the Henry Ford Hospital in January 1942. Provenance of the Frank Joseph Sladen family. According to Henry Ford Health: "After his death, the Henry Ford Hospital library was renamed the Dr. Frank J. Sladen Medical Library. Dr. Sladen was a prolific antiquarian book collector, a library committee member of the Wayne County Medical Society and was responsible for the 1915 founding of the Henry Ford Hospital library. A noted medical historian, Dr. Sladen's own manuscript collection is now preserved in the Henry Ford Health Archives." ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10836
- Title
- JACK MINER AND THE BIRDS AND SOME THINGS I KNOW ABOUT NATURE
- Author
- Miner, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Reilly & Lee
- Date Published
- 1925
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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