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ALWAYS THE YOUNG STRANGERS
de Sandburg, Carl
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Good +
- Librería
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Good +. SIGNED by the Author on a free front endpaper, thick 8vo, green cloth with silver lettering on spine & front cover, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) with wallpaper background, top page edges stained green for dust protection by publisher, green endpapers with reproductions of cartes de visite & photos of Sandburg's family & friends, 445 pages. Carl August Sandburg (1878 - 1967) was a Swedish-American poet, writer, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During his lifetime, Sandburg enjoyed great appeal as a poet, balladeer, and author. He was widely regarded as "a major figure in contemporary literature," Sandburg ALWAYS THE YOUNG STRANGERS is Sandburg's reminiscence based on his early life in Galesburg, Illinois. It's a nostalgic view of small-town life and American history. Overall VERY GOOD CONDITION for this SIGNED, clean and tight volume with chipped dust wrapper. It has slight age-toning as is typical for this paper. The dust jacket has rubbing and chipping at points around its edges and icorners. The publisher's top green-stained edges of the paper have a couple of water spots.
Sinopsis
Born in 1878, Carl Sandburg grew with America. As a boy he played, studied, and matured in Galesburg, Illinois. Sandburg's reminiscence delivers a nostalgic view of small-town life and an invaluable perspective on American history. Index.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3848
- Título
- ALWAYS THE YOUNG STRANGERS
- Autor
- Sandburg, Carl
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good +
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Trade Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1953
- Palabras clave
- Illinois, Lincoln, epic, novel, Galesburg, Illinois, photos, family, expectations, writer
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Borg Antiquarian
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
Sobre Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
