Roughneck
by Service, Robert W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Barse and Hopkins, 1924. First American Edition, Second Issue . Orange Brown Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4" High. Second issue (we are informed) with publisher's monogram on title page, "Published August 1924" on copyright page. 448 pages, clean and bright. Tips, top and bottom of spine slightly bumped. Lettering and cloth in excellent condition. Front and rear endpapers lightly yellowed. 1/4" horizontal tear middle foredge of title page and contents page. Hinge cracked at title page, but binding remains tight.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001926
- Title
- Roughneck
- Author
- Service, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Orange Brown Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, Second Issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Barse and Hopkins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 7 3/4" High
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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