That Printer of Udell's Harold Bell Wright 1911 A.L. Burt Antique Hardcover Book
$ 17.36
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That Printer of Udell's Harold Bell Wright 1911 A.L. Burt Antique Hardcover Book. Illustrated by John Clitheroe Gilbert. Title: That Printer of Udell's. Author: Harold Bell Wright (also wrote The Shepherd of the Hills, The Calling of Dan Matthews, The Winning of Barbara Worth). Edition: 1911 reprint of the 1903 first edition. Antique 1911 hardcover edition of "That Printer of Udell's" by Harold Bell Wright, published by A.L. Burt Company, New York. Illustrated by John Clitheroe Gilbert. Title: That Printer of Udell's Author: Harold Bell Wright (also wrote The Shepherd of the Hills, The Calling of Dan Matthews, The Winning of Barbara Worth) Publisher: A.L. Burt Company, New York Edition: 1911 reprint of the 1903 first edition Format: Hardcover, green cloth boards with red lettering and paste-on pictorial illustration to front cover Illustrations: Frontispiece and interior plates by John Clitheroe Gilbert Pages: Approximately 346 Notable: This is the novel that a young Ronald Reagan read at age 11 and later credited as the book that gave him his role model and shaped his Christian faith Themes: Practical Christianity, redemption, community, honest work, social reform; set in the American Midwest Condition: Used antique with honest age-appropriate wear consistent with 115 years. Structurally sound, text block tight with no loose or detached pages. Frontispiece illustration intact. Pages clean overall with expected toning and minor age spotting at endpapers. Green cloth boards show wear at spine head and tail with cloth fraying and small areas of loss at the crown. Paste-on front cover illustration is rubbed and faded but stable, no peeling. Hinges firm. Previous owner name "Katherine Chamberlain" in blue ink on front free endpaper, plus light pencil notation. No other markings observed. A solid display and reading copy of a turn-of-the-century American bestseller.
