Click for full-size.
Where They Have Trod: The West Point Tradition in American Life
by Dupuy, R. Ernest
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good+ (in mylar)
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1940. Includes typewritten and signed note by author to Mrs. David Thayer Chase, a descendant of Colonel Sylvanus Thayer, considered the "Father of the Military Academy"; Also signed by author on half title page. Bookplate of John Chase on ffep verso. Textblock very clean and tight, illustrated end pages, illustrations by Laura Nevitt Dupuy. Light blue cloth with dark blue and gilt decoration on front cover and spine. Clipped dust jacket, closed tears to head and foot of spine, crease on front bottom edge and small chips to corners, mylar sleeved. 424pp., including appendix, bibliography, and index.. First Edition. Embossed Cloth. Very Good+/Good+ (in mylar). Illus. by Photographs, Portraits and Engravings, and with Decorations from Woodcuts by Laura Nevitt Dupuy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Clausen Books, RMABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SB12024
- Title
- Where They Have Trod: The West Point Tradition in American Life
- Author
- Dupuy, R. Ernest
- Illustrator
- Photographs, Portraits and Engravings, and with Decorations from Woodcuts by Laura Nevitt Dupuy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ (in mylar)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- American Life, West Point Tradition in American Life, U.S. Military Academy Development, Colonel Sylvanus Thayer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Clausen Books, RMABA
Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover/Novus, Checks, Money Orders, and Paypal. RETURNS: Satisfaction guaranteed. Return within 10 days of receipt if not as described. OVSEAS ORDERS: Shipped at cost. The biblio.com shipping template for orders outside the U.S. do not apply.
About the Seller
Clausen Books, RMABA
Biblio member since 2006
Colorado Springs, Colorado
About Clausen Books, RMABA
Established July 1, 1946. Member- Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association. Now exclusively on-line. Used - Old - Rare - Out-of-print - Antiquarian; CERTIFIED APPRAISALS * Visit our homepage at www.clausenbooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Dr. Seuss
Whether you are into the pricey first editions or interesting Seussiana ephemera, this is a good starting point for building a book collection based on Dr. Seuss.
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
