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Hungry Men
by Anderson, Edward
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First edition of Hungry Men by Edward Anderson.. Octavo, 275pp. Tan cloth, title stamped in deep red on spine and front cover. Top edge stained red. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Light toning to endpapers and top edge of cloth. "J" ink stamped on front pastedown endpaper. Clean text, no marks or notations. In publisher's first state dust jacket, retail price of $2.00 on front flap with "J" ink stamped over dollar sign, light shelf wear, chipping and tears to edges and corners, faint stains to interior of spine. A bright example of the author's first novel. The publisher awarded Anderson a $1,000 prize for Hungry Men, as "the best novel by an author who had appeared in Story [magazine].
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11586
- Title
- Hungry Men
- Author
- Anderson, Edward
- Illustrator
- First edition of Hungry Men by Edward Anderson.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Edward Anderson first edition, Anderson Hungry Men, Hungry Men first edition, Anderson Thieves Like Us
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- 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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- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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