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New Worlds to Conquer
by Halliburton, Richard
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. hardcover. Halliburton, Richard : New Worlds to Conquer. Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co, (1929). Early (but not first) printing. Size is octavo (8vo), 9.375"/24cm h. Bound in publisher's dark olive cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board, with an ornamental debossed frame to latter. Endpapers show decorative map-like illus in pink and white, Mexico/Caribbean/Central America/northern end of South America to front; balance of South America to rear. [i-xiv] prelim material, 1-368, [369-370]; additionally, 32 coated sheets with photos (recto and verso) scattered throughout, not paginated. Prologue, 33 chaps. Condition notes: a sound and handsome copy, with an engaging author inscription to ffep ("My compliments to...a good boy from Dick Halliburton - another one/April 16/1930."). Binding loose but sound; boards worn with some spotting, but with generally excellent color retention. Spine ends rolled, corners bumped. Interior generally tanned but unmarked (except inscription); bookstore label (from J.W. Robinson in Los Angeles) remains affixed to rear pastedown, including price of $5. Quite a lovely period piece. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230705010
- Title
- New Worlds to Conquer
- Author
- Halliburton, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 1.06 lbs
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About the Seller
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About Furrowed Brow Books
Furrowed Brow Books was established in 2020. The bookstore's owner, Paul Purman, grew up in an old farmhouse full of books. Paul had been providing online booksales since 2008 through several popular online sales venues. In 2021 Paul was accepted as a member of the Independent Online Booksellers' Association (IOBA), and graduated from the annual Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS-Minnesota).
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Furrowed Brow Books' goal is to offer an eclectic selection, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Inklings emphasis), and military history.
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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"...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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