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The New America: The New World
by WELLS, H. G
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Cresset Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. John Farleigh (dust jacket). 12mo. Pp. 96. Dark blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine and in a brown panel on the front board: fore edge and preliminary leaves moderately foxed. In the illustrated dust jacket, price clipped: Spine a bit soiled and head chipped. Commentary on the impact of President Roosevelt and the New Deal around the world. The John Farleigh dust jacket illustration is a marvel of dynamic activity: coils bursting with electricity, gears churning, wind gusting. Dust jacket preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6025
- Title
- The New America: The New World
- Author
- WELLS, H. G
- Illustrator
- John Farleigh (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cresset Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
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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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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