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The Purple Tide: A Thrilling Story of High School Sports
by Silliman, Leland
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/good
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1949. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/good. Bolden, Joseph. 216 pages, illustrated with black and white drawings. Classic high school football story about a new by and new coach who turn around the fortunes of a losing team. Navy blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Cover a bit faded with some edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt a little rubbed at spine base, a little spotting, interior pages lightly tanned, binding tight. Mylar protected illustrated dust jacket with black and yellow titles on front cover and spine is a little creased, light edge wear, scrubbed spots at base and top of jacket spine, chip in jacket back cover at upper edge near spine, edges clipped.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01747
- Title
- The Purple Tide
- Author
- Silliman, Leland
- Illustrator
- Bolden, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, as stated
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, sports, football, young adult,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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