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YOU BET YOUR LIFE!
by Guild, Leo
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ)
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Hollywood, CA: Marcel Rodd Company, 1946. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 191 pages of text. Original binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is sunned on the spine, with a few tiny chips, and several tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's bookplate neatly on the front endpaper. A few pages with tiny chips or tears at the bottom edge where previously uncut pages were imperfectly liberated. Contains an introduction by Bob Hope. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015094
- Title
- YOU BET YOUR LIFE!
- Author
- Guild, Leo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good- condition (DJ)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Marcel Rodd Company
- Place of Publication
- Hollywood, CA
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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