Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West
by Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c1928. Reprint. Near fine in brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an oval emblem stamped on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 5/8 inches. In a very good, unclipped (no price) dust jacket 1/4 inch deep chips from the ends of the spine area and heavy rubbing and wear to the fold to t he front flap. Signed by the author using both his pseudonym and his real name, "W. S. Campbell" in parentheses on the front paste down. 297 pages of text.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31391
- Title
- Kit Carson The Happy Warrior of the Old West
- Author
- Vestal , Stanley[W. S. Campbell]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- c1928
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Glossary
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.