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Our Literary Heritage; A Pictorial History of the Writer in America
by Van Wyck Brooks, Otto Bettmann
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Independence, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
From the Introduction: "This book is based on the five volumes of my Makers and Finders: a History of the Writer in America, 1800-1915."
From front cover: "More than 500 photographs and drawings plus text..." The work is condensed to one-sixth of the original text while retaining its flow.
DJ notes that this was a book dividend of the Book of the Month Club.
Book - Very Good condition. Blue patterned paper over boards with navy cloth spine that has a red block with gold gilt text. Minimal edge/corner wear except top edge has some fading and top corners are bumped. Text is clean and binding is tight.
Dust Jacket - Poor condition. Front image color is good, but there are many large tears and chips, plus a little soiling/discoloration. Now in clear protective cover.
Please use photos as part of the description.
241 pages, plus Index.
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Details
- Seller
- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1877
- Title
- Our Literary Heritage; A Pictorial History of the Writer in America
- Author
- Van Wyck Brooks, Otto Bettmann
- Format/Binding
- Paper over boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed., 2nd printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. P. Cutton & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 241
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American writers, photographs, drawings, Book Dividend, Irving, Scott, Cooper,Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, anti-slavery writers, Holmes, Melville, Whitman, Negro Folklore, Twain, James, Dickinson, women writers, Crane, Cather, London, Glasgow, Lewis
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - American; Communication; Books - Vintage;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
EXCEPT as noted in description. 30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
Biblio member since 2005
Independence, Missouri
About Blue & Grey Book Shoppe
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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