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The Famous Adventures of Richard Halliburton
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Andover, Massachusetts, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. Later printing. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. 578 pp. plus photographs. There is a gutter crack, causing the last gathering to be slightly offset in the binding. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with small chips at the spine ends. Scuffed along the folds. The spine is a bit faded. The price, $3.98, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Banjo Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008327
- Title
- The Famous Adventures of Richard Halliburton
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Adventure;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Banjo Booksellers
Biblio member since 2004
Andover, Massachusetts
About Banjo Booksellers
On-line and mail-order only. We have a wide variety of books, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on modern first editions and collectible childrens books.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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