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Rascals in Paradise
by James A. Michener, A. Grove Day
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rascals in Paradise, True Tales of High Adventure in the South Pacific, First Printing Stated, 374 pages, Book is at least Very Good, light stain to bottom of front board and bottom of text block else Fine, nice uniform light brown top stain, tight and square with sharp points, real clean text is Fine, No previous owner bookplate or writing on map end papers, Jacket is perhaps Very Good, chipping to top edge of front panel with loss, same on rear panel, light corner wear, original price clipped still nice and bright and shows nicely in a new mylar sleeve. Very presentable First Edition at a Bargain Price. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003442
- Title
- Rascals in Paradise
- Author
- James A. Michener, A. Grove Day
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- James A. Michener
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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