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For Men Only
by BROWN, Beth
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Willey Book Company, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Jeannette Seelhoff. 8vo. Pp. 288. Gray cloth, titles printed in red on the spine. Edges trimmed. Illustrated with linocuts by Seelhoff. In the color illustrated dust jacket, unclipped ($1.98). Light foxing to endpapers and edges, leaves otherwise bright and crisp. Top edges of boards lightly chafed. Jacket edges rubbed, closed tear on front next to "Beth." Remarkably well-preserved. First published in 1930, this reprint has a fresh jacket from an unidentified artist. The story of red-headed hooker Lily Love. "What chance has a girl in a world that's for men only?" Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5705
- Title
- For Men Only
- Author
- BROWN, Beth
- Illustrator
- Jeannette Seelhoff
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Willey Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
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