Underdog
by W R Burnett
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
-
St Margarets Hope , Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First UK edition of Underdog by William Riley Burnett the crime thriller author many of whose books were snapped up by Hollywood and made into films. The film adaptation of his 'Little Caesar' is considered to be the first of the classic American gangster movies. Unclipped dust jacket with some chips and abrasions to extremities. Some dust to top edge of text block.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Boreas Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56
- Title
- Underdog
- Author
- W R Burnett
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macdonald
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Boreas Books
We have a 'no quibble' returns policy. If we have failed to describe the book and its condition accurately we will refund the cost of the book and shipping in full. We accept PayPal. Our paypal e-mail is rorkney@icloud.com
About the Seller
Boreas Books
Biblio member since 2005
St Margarets Hope , Orkney
About Boreas Books
Boreas Books is an online bookstore situated in the Orkney Islands archipelago just off the north coast of Scotland. We are based in a converted water mill on the small island of South Ronaldsay. We stand at the head of Widewall Bay overlooking a seal-strewn skerry, a panorama of open water and distant scattered islands.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...