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New York: Old Colony Press. H. C. Brown CO., 1909. Pictures by Frank Bittner and Chas. K. Stevens. 8vo (8.25" x 6"), color wrappers with gold and silver gilt highlights, bound by light brown cord. Unpaged, 8 leaves printed on both sides, b&w illus. inside front wrapper, numerous color illus. An appealing children's history of the American flag written by the grandson of Francis Scott Key, with inset text, vignettes, and images of the flag superimposed over pastel background scenes. The story commences with a facsimile of the original draft of the Star Spangled Banner written on the back of an envelope, positioned under Key's portrait. Following that is a history of the origin of the flag and the nickname of Old Glory and a recounting of the events in War of 1812 that led to the writing of the Star Spangled Banner. Key concludes his story explaining the tradition of reciting the Pledge to Allegiance in schools.
CONDITION: Good+, wrappers rubbed at extremities, light toning, soiling, text clean and pleasing.
CONDITION: Good+, wrappers rubbed at extremities, light toning, soiling, text clean and pleasing.
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- James Arsenault & Company
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 6099
- Título
- Our Flag
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- Editorial
- New York: Old Colony Press. H. C. Brown CO., 1909. Pictures by Frank Bittner and Chas. K. Stevens
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James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
