ONE MAN'S INITIATION--1917
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1922. first American edition. hardcover. Very good. (Britsh edition precedes the American) Octavo, 128 pages. Title page is a cancel on a stub, verso of title page blank. Shiny, smooth maroon cloth, cream-colored paper label, top-edge trimmed and stained maroon. First state with broken "d" and obliterated "flat" on p. 35 line 32. Some rough openings; spine label tanned. No dust jacket. World War I. Studio
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020572
- Title
- ONE MAN'S INITIATION--1917
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first American edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
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Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...