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The Prodigal Rake: Memoirs of William Hickey
by Peter Quennell (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
£13.73£11.67
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About This Item
Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Dutton, 1962. This is a third printing copy, published 1962 - a Book Club edition. Edited by Quennell from more than 700 pages, the notorious memoir focusing on Hickey's adventures and misdeeds. 452 pages with Index, 6" X 9-1/4". The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has some edge and rubbing wear, and a small closed tear of about 1/2" in the middle of the spine panel. There is a random jumble of letters and numbers on the front flap - probably a former price - see photos. Nicely printed considering it is a Book Club edition. Sturdy brick red colored cloth covered boards, corners are not bumped or worn, little wear to the cover boards. Squiggle mark in pencil on the top corner of the first flyleaf - probably a former price crossed out. No further writing besides that though. Age tanning to the text pages, some dots of foxing to the fore edge. Binding is tight and square. Not a library discard copy. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.
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- Seller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 23-10634
- Title
- The Prodigal Rake
- Author
- Peter Quennell (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoir;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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