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On Being Human - Presented in Scarce Dust Jacket
by WILSON, Woodrow
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1916. First Edition Thus. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 12mo. Pp. 54, (1). Bound in bright blue cloth with gilt lettering, rules and Wilson's signature stamped in gilt on front cover. With the stamp of Charles W. Hill on the front free endpaper, else Fine in the dust jacket that has shallow nicks at head and tail of spine, and a perforation the size of a pencil eraser mid-spine. In the rare dust jacket that lists publisher's titles on the verso. Both flaps advertise the publisher's list, as if a novelty in the era that introduced dust jackets as a common feature in book publishing. Wilson's essay first appeared in Atlantic Monthly, 1897. First presented here in book form, 1916, the fourth year of his first presidential term. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5348
- Title
- On Being Human - Presented in Scarce Dust Jacket
- Author
- WILSON, Woodrow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1916
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Jacket
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Flap(s)
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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