INQUISITION IN EDEN
by Bessie, Alvah
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Co., (1965). first printing. hardcover. fine/very good. Octavo, blue cloth covers, 278 pages. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket price clipped, and has a little creasing on the inside flaps, still very good. "Alvah Bessie was the first of the famous 'Hollywood Ten' to tell the wholde incredible story of the ten screenwriters, producers and directors who went to jail for a misdemeanor called comtempt of Congress when they declined to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947." 020922D
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020026
- Title
- INQUISITION IN EDEN
- Author
- Bessie, Alvah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1965)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...