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Sold: A Biography by Legendary Auctioneer Walter Britten
by Walter S. Britten with J. DeArman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0961968605
- ISBN 13
- 9780961968601
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Bryan, Texas: Britten Trust, 1988. T5 - A hardcover book SIGNED and dated by Walter S. Britten on the front free endpaper in very good condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, peeling, crease, some small tears and open tears on the edges and corners, some bug damage/chipping on the back bottom edge, patch peeled/scuffed on the front upper left corner, significant chipping and peeling on the front right side and some on the front left side, old price written on the front flap, scattered scratches, rubbing, and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book lightly bowed, some bumped corners, patch dent with wrinkling and some cracks on the front bottom left near the gutter, wrinkling on the gutters, some scattered light stains on the cover and page edges, small line scrape on the bottom page edges near the spine, lightly darkened endpapers, light tanning and shelf wear. This book offers an unequalled insight into a Texas auctioneer who became nationally known. "Sold!" offers a realistic description of personalities and occurences spanning fifty plus years in the life of Walter Britten. 9"x10.5", 251 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. . Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2402ec150
- Title
- Sold: A Biography by Legendary Auctioneer Walter Britten
- Author
- Walter S. Britten with J. DeArman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0961968605
- ISBN 13
- 9780961968601
- Publisher
- Britten Trust
- Place of Publication
- Bryan, Texas
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY WALTER S. BRITTEN AUCTIONEER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography / Signed Biography;
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- Fair
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- Chipping
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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