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The Oxen of the Sun: A Novel of Our Times
by BACHELLER, Irving (novel); Richard Burton (introduction)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); yellow cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in dark brown on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 287pp. A few tiny spots of foxing to rear board, else Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, lightly spine-sunned, with light wear to extremities and two clear tape mends at spine ends on verso; Very Good+. Late novel by Bacheller, a journalist and author best-known for founding the first modern newspaper syndicate in the United States. A sweeping panorama of American life, centered around several characters from Bacheller's previous novels and covering the era of mass-production, with the moral showing the lack of fulfillment which comes with a lifetime of chasing the almighty dollar. A poor seller in its time, selling just 4,612 copies. Scarce in dustjacket, with an attractive designed by Arthur Hawkins.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23347
- Title
- The Oxen of the Sun: A Novel of Our Times
- Author
- BACHELLER, Irving (novel); Richard Burton (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
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