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The Yogi of Cockroach Court
by Waters, Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rinehart & Co, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. First printing, 277pp.. The story of a young Yanqui find sanctuary from his drunken father with an old Chinese shopkeeper, Tai Ling, the yogi of Cockroach Court. He soon becomes passionately infatuated with a young girl named Guadalupe. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, bottom edges rubbed. A very good copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket rubbed long the edges and corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021041
- Title
- The Yogi of Cockroach Court
- Author
- Waters, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Dust Jaket
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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