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McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
by Norris, Frank
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No DJ as issued.
- Seller
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Madison, Indiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Octavo. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 442 pp. Very Good. No dust jacket as issued. Later printing. Original ribbed green cloth. Decorative blind stamping and title stamped in white on front board and spine. Large halftone photograph of San Francisco before the earthquake mounted on front board. Endpaper cracked at front hinge, but hinge holding. Short tears at head of spine. Spine ends and tips mildly softened. Text block tight. Pages lightly toned. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to front pastedown endpaper.
Synopsis
McTeague is an 1899 novel by Frank Norris. The book describes the life of a turn-of-the-century dentist in San Francisco, named McTeague. The narrator never reveals McTeague's first name; he is referred to only as "Mac" by the other characters in the novel. The book was the basis for Erich von Stroheim's film, Greed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000045
- Title
- McTeague
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Original ribbed green cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1902
- Pages
- 442
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- San Francisco
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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