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Terrible Honesty Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s
by Douglas, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0374116202
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116200
- Seller
-
Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. 0374116202 . Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over yellow boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with b&w photographs. . Book is slightly shaken and the spine has a slight pucker, else pristine, unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket has light rubbing at the head and heel of spine. VERY GOOD+/ NEAR FINE. . B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xiii, 606 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19148
- Title
- Terrible Honesty Mongrel Manhattan in the 1920s
- Author
- Douglas, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374116202
- ISBN 13
- 9780374116200
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0374116202, New York City, Manhattan, History, Authors, Songwriters, Composers, The Jazz Age
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- 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...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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