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Father Flanagan of Boys Town
by Fulton Oursler, Will Oursler
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Fair
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1949 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. 1949. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips, and board bottom edges. DJ: Fair; NOT Price Clipped ($3.00); light wear to head, tail, and tips; large closed tear to front panel and missing piece on rear panel at top. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering in a green shadowbox on spine. Maps as endpapers. 302 pp 8vo. Presented for the first time is the story of Boys Town, Nebraska, the man who created and guided it, and the real stories of the boys it served. Created 32 years ago, it now comprises over 900 acres outside of Omaha, NE, caring for 1000 boys from age 6-18. A story of the growth of young men and of a life and a devotion that is unparalleled. A clean and very presentable copy in Brodart mylar.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015566
- Title
- Father Flanagan of Boys Town
- Author
- Fulton Oursler, Will Oursler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BOYS TOWN NEBRASKA, OMAHA NE, FATHER FLANAGAN, CATHOLIC CHURCH, ORPHANAGES, EDWARD JOSEPH, orphans, delinquents, troubled boys, juvenile court, jail, Catholic Priests, Vocational Schools, Military Service.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Edges
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- First Edition
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
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