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The St. Johns: Available Copies
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THE ST. JOHNS; A PARADE OF DIVERSITIES. The Rivers of America Series. by Cabell, Branch [James Branch Cabell], 1879-1958, and A.J. Hanna [Alfred Jackson Hanna], 1893-1978. Doris Lee, 1905-1983 (illustrator). Stephen Vincent Benet and Carl Carmer (editors).
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Publisher: New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1943. (1943)
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller (Columbus, MS, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $40.00
Shipping: $7.50
TOTAL Cost: $47.50
First edition (per presence of Farr & Rinehart logo on copyright page; "War Edition" stated at top of dj front flap). xii, 324 pages. Hardcover: H 21cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket toned particularly to rear panel and torn spine; some soiling and shallow chipping; verso tape repairs at spine ends; near lengthwise tear to rear flap fold; front flap retains publisher's printed price ($2.50) at top right. Tan cloth; toning/foxing to spine and boards; Spine decorated with gilt stamping and blue title block. Text block edges toned with leaves slightly affected at margins. Top fore-edge corners of front free endpaper and pages 151-152 creased; occasional light foxing to interior pages. Binding is firm.
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Seller: Last Exit Books (Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $100.00
Shipping: $6.99
TOTAL Cost: $106.99
Hardcover. 8vo. Farrar & Rinehart, New York. 1943. X, 324 pgs. Maps. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Decorated endpapers. Signed and inscribed by James Branch Cabell and A J Hanna on the half-title page. Later Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (stain present to the bottom edge of the boards). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The St. Johns River (Spanish: Río San Juan) is the longest river in the U. S. State of Florida and its most significant one for commercial and recreational use. At 310 miles (500 km) long, it flows north and winds through or borders twelve counties. The drop in elevation from headwaters to mouth is less than 30 feet (9 m) ; like most Florida waterways, the St. Johns has a very low flow rate 0.3 mph (0.13 m/s) and is often described as "lazy".; The Rivers Of America; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 324 pages
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THE ST. JOHNS: A Parade of Diversities by CABELL, James Branch, and A.J. Hanna
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Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, New York (1943)
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA (Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $150.00
Shipping: $8.00
TOTAL Cost: $158.00
First edition, one of a limited number of copies (often said to be 50) signed by the authors on a leaf bound in by the publishers ahead of the half-title. 8vo. x, (2), 324 pp. Line drawings, map. One of the "Rivers of America" series. Still a good solid copy. Original tan cloth (spotted and somewhat soiled, spine rubbed), lacking dust jacket. (2421).
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