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Sins of America; As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette. With an Introduction by Thomas Beer
by Van Every, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The first edition, first printing of Sins of America: As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette, in the publisher's scarce art-deco era dust jacket.. Quarto, xx, [2], 297pp. Purple cloth, title embossed in black and pink on cover. No additional printings mentioned on copyright page. A near fine example, solid text block, free of soiling or notable wear. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, price-clipped, closed tear through front panel with archival tissue repair, chipping along top edge. This work is complete, with 206 reproductions of the original woodcut illustrations. A scarce work in the publisher's dust jacket. The Sins of America is a follow-up to The Sins of New York (1930), both originally appeared in tabloid publication, The National Police Gazette. There are no other known copies in the publisher's dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14237
- Title
- Sins of America; As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette. With an Introduction by Thomas Beer
- Author
- Van Every, Edward
- Illustrator
- The first edition, first printing of Sins of America: As "Exposed" by the Police Gazette, in the publisher's scarce art-deco era
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- sins of New York Edward Van Every, sins of America Van Every, Edward Van Every Joe Louis, Muldoon Edward van every,
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