Richard Harding Davis: A Bibliography, Being a Record of his Literary Life, of his Achievements as a Correspondent in Six Wars, and his Efforts in Behalf of the Allies in the Great War
by Quinby, Henry Cole
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- g to near fine
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. g to near fine. 1/1000. Large 8vo. xxi, 294 pp. Brown printed dust jacket, with black lettering on covers and spine. Green cloth boards with debossed gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Gilt top edge. The work is comprehensive chronology bibliography of the work of famed American, journalist and writer Richard Harding Davis, known for his work covering the Spanish-American war and WWI. Illustrated throughout with b&w reproductions of examples of Davis's work and other pertinent original documents. Advertisement at front. Dust jacket with some chipping and tearing at head of spine, as well as some additional light creasing, small closed tears and light spotting along edges. Binding with some minor bumping to corners of boards and top hinges of spine. Interior with some age toning to pages. Book block tight. Dust jacket in overall good, binding in near fine, interior in very good+ condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41681
- Title
- Richard Harding Davis: A Bibliography, Being a Record of his Literary Life, of his Achievements as a Correspondent in Six Wars, and his Efforts in Behalf of the Allies in the Great War
- Author
- Quinby, Henry Cole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g to near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- bibliographies , World War I, WWI, War Correspondents, American novelist, American journalist, journalism, American Journalism,
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- E.P.
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- G
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