A Touch of Greatness
by Anderson, C. W. [Clarence William]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company. Good+. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Drawings; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 96 pages; 1945 Macmillan. Oversize oblong format HC in full slate blue cloth lettered in black to cover and spine. 1st edition. Soundly bound with clean and neat contents but in a shelf worn binding. Boards lightly shelf bumped at corner tips, lightly shelf rubbed at spine ends and with a set of mild horizontal ripples to the cloth over the spine edge. Mild shelf soiling to cover boards, with an old attempt at earsing them leaving a small blanched areas to the cloth. Illustrated throughout with Anderson's superlative drawings of signficant horses of the time. Prior ownership penciled to front endpage. Decent but a bit worn G to G+ only .
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Details
- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53589
- Title
- A Touch of Greatness
- Author
- Anderson, C. W. [Clarence William]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
DogStar Books
15 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 15 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DogStar Books
Biblio member since 2020
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- G+
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- G
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- Cloth
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