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Silk ? : Gay Justice Outside the Law
by ELLIOT, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- At Least Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Gerald G. Swan Ltd, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Good. Jacket title. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo size (7.25 inches tall), pp. 254, *n.b. volume issued without rfep as per "Book Production War Economy Standard" notice printed on copyright page. Volume w. faint touches of soil, some toning and a few dog ear creases to text, pencil erasure ffep ; price intact DJ w. edge wear, soil and horizontal tape repairs verso along top and bottom edges. From the front flap "This particular Silk story tells of how he deals with a fat, middle-aged usurer and blackmailer with social ambitions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4835
- Title
- Silk ? : Gay Justice Outside the Law
- Author
- ELLIOT, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - At Least Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gerald G. Swan Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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....
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