The Making of a Statesman and Other Stories
by Harris, Joel Chandler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mcclure, Phillips & Company. Good+. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorative tan cloth binding bumped/rubbed at spine ends, corners; boards slightly smudged; bookplate on front endpaper; back hinge starting to crack; leaf edges a bit foxed & smudged, else a nice copy. ; BAL #7148; info plate for this volume tipped-in at back paste-down. ; 8vo; 246 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hyde Brothers, Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18375
- Title
- The Making of a Statesman and Other Stories
- Author
- Harris, Joel Chandler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mcclure, Phillips & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Literature, Novelists, American Authors, Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
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Fort Wayne, Indiana
About Hyde Brothers, Booksellers
Open shop with over 125,000 volumes. We try to maintain a good selection in all categories and have a fondness for the odd & obscure. Specialties include History, Nature, Literature, Religion, Mystery, SF, Art, Children's, Humor, Indiana
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- Paste-down
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- Plate
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- Foxed
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Edges
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- First Edition
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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....