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PLACE IN THE CITY
by Fast, Howard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good / Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1937. First Edition. Very Good / Good. Octavo, 5.4 x 8.25 in., pp. 265. Blue cloth boards wth gilt title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Sunning to top and bottom quarter-inch of spine. Right top corner of front free endpaper (presumably bearing previous owner's name/address) clipped off. LIght age-toning to pages. Rubbing and small chips to edges of dustjacket. 1 in. x 1/4 in. chip to bottom of dustjacket spine. 1.5 in. closed tear to top of dustjacket at hinge. Howard Fast's first full-length novel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85653
- Title
- PLACE IN THE CITY
- Author
- Fast, Howard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good / Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- New York City
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Aardvark Rare Books
Biblio member since 2004
Eugene, Oregon
About Aardvark Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "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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