Portrait For Posterity
Language: English
Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, 1947
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Yesterday's Book Shop, CORVALLIS, OR, U.S.A.Yesterday's Book Shop
AbeBooks seller since February 4, 2026
Condition: Used
US$ 14.12
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket you shows like soiling along edge and corner tears/chips. Price is clipped on the front flap. Underside of DJ small tape repair at the bottom spine area. Gray cloth boards is shows very late soiling but otherwise little one. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. Text pages are tight. No signatures or bookplates present. Only handwriting found in book is on the front end page where there is faint evidence of a price once penciled in the corner. Pages are toned due to age and some minor foxing is present.
Seller Inventory # 2210053
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Portrait For Posterity
- Author
- Benjamin P. Thomas
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ
- Publication year
- 1947
- Condition
- VG+
- Dust jacket
- Good+
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Romaine Proctor
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Biography and Genealogy, First Editions, History and Geography
Yesterday's Book Shop
CORVALLIS, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 4, 2026
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 15 business days | 3 to 7 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 5.90 | US$ 14.90 |
Payment methods
Store description
Yesterday's Book Shop is a small, family-owned establishment. The store first opened in Maryland in 1966 under the name The Collector's Corner, which mainly dealt in older books, stamps and assorted ephemera. In 1975 the name was changed to Yesterday's Book Shop when the main focus became only books and printed matter.
Specialty
First editions, signed editions, limited editions, pre-1950 collectible copies with most being around the turn of the twentieth century and earlier.Seller's business information
Yesterday's Book Shop
OR, U.S.A.