The Rat Race.
by Franklin, Jay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Fallon, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles:: Fantasy Publishing,, 1950.. First edition. First state jacket.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth, minor edges wear, spine ends bumped, slightly soiled. Illustrated dust jacket, rare first state, edge wear and rubbing, some chipping to edges and small loss at top of spine, overall still very good. In protective mylar.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25811
- Title
- The Rat Race.
- Author
- Franklin, Jay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition. First state jacket.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fantasy Publishing,
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles:
- Date Published
- 1950.
- Pages
- 371p.
- Size
- Hardcover.
Terms of Sale
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Biblio member since 2016
Fallon, Nevada
About Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Early english printed books specializing in occult, science, religion and oddities. We also have a strong emphasis on modern first editions of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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