NY: Duell, Sloan & Pearce. Fair with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked, shaken, silverfish damage to . boards, library call letters painted on spine, waterstain to first several . leaves, front free endpaper and front flyleaf removed.. 1943. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Blue cloth binding. xii, 318pp. Family stories and tales of Old New York by a noted automotive and airplane engineer, inventor, and legendary sport fisherman who was an avid collector and well respected philanthropist. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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Bookseller: Old Saratoga Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 56038
Title: Those Were the Days: Tales of a Long Life
Author: Hewitt, Edward Ringwood
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair with no dust jacket; Hinges cracked, shaken, silverfish damage to boards, library call letters painted on spine, waterstai
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Fifth Printing
Publisher: Duell, Sloan & Pearce
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1943
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: EDWARD Ringwood Hewitt
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Biography and Memoir;

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About Old Saratoga Books

Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Inscribed: When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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"...
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....