- Seller Inventory #: 000145
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good+
- Edition: First Thus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc.
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Date published: 1938
- Keywords: Biography; Presidents; Tennessee; American History
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., 1938 Includes Part One: The Border Captain and Part Two: Portrait of a President. Red cloth boards showing no fading and hardly any wear; Red-stained top edge; Page edges show some soiling and darkening; Gift inscription to previous owner across from the half title page. No dust jacket. Front end paper illustrated with a map of Tennesse and Kentucky between 1788-1804; Rear end paper illustrated with the United States during the Jackson Era. 972 pages, including bibliography, index, and over 50 b&w photos.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
dust jacket : A protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
first thus : Indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a substantially different format than the true first edition. For example, a first illustrated edition of a book, or even a first paperback release of a book originally published in hard cover.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
half title : The leaf which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at times, the author's name and/or other information may appear.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
