THE SUNPAPERS OF BALTIMORE
by Johnson, Gerald W., Frank R. Kent, H. L. Mencken, and Hamilton Owens
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937. xii, 430, xvi pages. Burgundy cloth covered binding. This history of the Baltimore Sun is SIGNED on front free endpaper by all 4 authors, most notably H. L. MENCKEN, who wrote chapters 11 through 18. The book is in about very good condition: clean and tight, with scattered foxing primarily on pages near beginning and end of book; some color leaching along top of front cover and head & foot of spine. Nicer than it sounds.. SIGNED. First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W1125
- Title
- THE SUNPAPERS OF BALTIMORE
- Author
- Johnson, Gerald W., Frank R. Kent, H. L. Mencken, and Hamilton Owens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Newspapers Autographs Journalism Autographed Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mid-Atlantic States; Autographs and Signed Books;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
We hold books only for firm orders. Books may be returned within 7 days of receipt for refund of purchase price. We pay shipping costs only if we have made a significant error in description.
About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...