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THE LIFE OF HENRY CLAY
by Van Deusen, Glyndon G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VERY GOOD/Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little, Brown, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/Very Good. viii, 448 pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to boards, b/w plates, blindstamp, deckled edge, frontispiece, scarce with DJ. Spine faintly sunned, covers stained at head, short tear to cloth near heel, interior contents entirely clean and unmarked. DJ price clipped, toned, chipped, a few short tears and creases.
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- Bookseller
- Arches Bookhouse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5853
- Title
- THE LIFE OF HENRY CLAY
- Author
- Van Deusen, Glyndon G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VERY GOOD
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Arches Bookhouse
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Arches Bookhouse
Biblio member since 2022
Portland, Oregon
About Arches Bookhouse
Brick & mortar humanities bookshop in Portland, OR. Philosophy, history, theology, literature, art.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
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