Lincoln: His Words and His World
by POLLEY, Robert L. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Waukesha, Wisconsin: Country Beautiful Foundation, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. The life story of Abraham Lincoln is told in words and in color and black & white photos, drawings, editorial cartoons and letters. The words and images offer a view of his life, surroundings and writings from multiple perspectives. Published in conjunction with the centennial of his death. Edited, and with an introduction, by Robert L. Polley. (Note: Lacks the folded poster.) --- In blue linen-finish paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped cover & spine titling. Jacket with image of a marble statue of Mr. Lincoln. --- With prior owner's signature and sticker to front free endpaper, along with a strip of tape to front paste-down, otherwise an excellent copy: clean & tightly-bound. Dust jacket with chipping and small tears along edges, but remaining mostly intact and protected in removable archival mylar protector.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 98 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 83945
- Title
- Lincoln: His Words and His World
- Author
- POLLEY, Robert L. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Country Beautiful Foundation, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Date Published
- 1965
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Abraham Lincoln;
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Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
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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
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...