Nightmare Alley
by William Lindsay Gresham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cape Town, South Africa
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About This Item
1st ed. With the circled R on copyright page to denote the true first. Fine copy. The boards are clean, shallow diagional dent to rear board. Previous owner's neat name stamp on fep and ffep, and also on top of page 3 and on rear pastedown. Some toning and slight foxing to endpapers, but no other inscriptions or marks. Top edge stained green, faded. D/W unclipped,price $2.50 intact on front flap. Some creasing and small chip to head of spine and a little wear to corners. Slight foxing to front edge. On the whole a really sharp copy for a 1946 book that is hard to find in this condition. The binding is square and tight. Price includes free courier with DHL.
Synopsis
Nightmare Alley is a novel by William Lindsay Gresham. It is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants- the dark, shadowy world of a second rate carnival filled with hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femme fatales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cape Collector (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59
- Title
- Nightmare Alley
- Author
- William Lindsay Gresham
- Format/Binding
- Black Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 275
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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- Copyright page
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- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...