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The RKO Story
by Jewell, Richard B; Harbin, Vernon
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Octopus Books, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 320pp. Illustrated cloth-covered boards, white and light blue titles on spine. Illustrated endpapers; black and white photographs throughout. Folio. A large and very heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Text block edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket protected in Mylar wrapper (adhered to itself), price clipped. The comparatively short and always turbulent history of the studio that made some of the greatest films and nurtured some of the finest talents ever to emerge from Hollywood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023512
- Title
- The RKO Story
- Author
- Jewell, Richard B; Harbin, Vernon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Octopus Books
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 5.07 lbs
- Keywords
- Films, Film History, Movie Studios, RKO
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About the Seller
BookAddiction
Biblio member since 2021
nr Canterbury, Kent
About BookAddiction
Based in the leafy hamlet of Chartham Hatch, just a few miles from the historic Cathedral city of Canterbury, BookAddiction offers beautiful, illustrated and collectible used books and a selection of unique works on paper.BookAddiction was established in 1999 (originally trading as The Virtual Bookshelf). We are members of the book-selling co-operation, Ibooknet, which extends the highest professional and ethical standards, and are in the process of joining the Provincial Booksellers' Fairs Association (PBFA).Follow our blog, on books and book collecting at www.bookaddictionuk.wordpress.uk or visit our website at www.bookaddiction.co.uk.We welcome inquiries about our books and endeavour to respond promptly. Please ask away, Offers always welcome.
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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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