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Chicago, IL
by Terkel, Studs
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good -/Very Poor
- ISBN 10
- 0394553373
- ISBN 13
- 9780394553375
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1986. 148pp. Original boards. Stated First Edition. Inscribed to previous owner, "And our toddlin' town" and signed by Studs Terkel on FEP. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting) but yellowing with age. Upper text block is warped from moisture. Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks but feels a bit stiff. DJ is unclipped (original $15.95 price is still intact). DJ is sunned with moderate ink-rubbing/scraping to panels; rear cover is in bad shape (3" x 5" tear across panel and heavily scraped). Shelfwear (horizontal crease across lower left rear cover, nicking/rubbing to edges). What remains of DJ is covered by protective mylar covering. This is not a remainder or ex-library. Excluding the DJ, the book itself is a nice inscribed copy of a wonderful book by one of America's greatest voice of the people of the 20th century. . Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good -/Very Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mylared.
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- Bookseller
- after-words bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65209
- Title
- Chicago, IL
- Author
- Terkel, Studs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good -
- Jacket Condition
- Very Poor
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394553373
- ISBN 13
- 9780394553375
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Chicago History Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Chicago;
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after-words bookstore
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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