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They Shoot Horses, Don't They
by McCoy, Horace
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1935. First British Edition. Very Good+/Good. First British edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated August 1944. [vi], 233 pp. Original buckram cloth lettered in red. Very Good+ with light stain to fore edge, slight curving to boards, in Good dust jacket with some light dampstaining, spine panel darkened, chipped along edges.
An existential examination of America via the marathon dance craze of the Great Depression, which inspired a 1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140938146
- Title
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They
- Author
- McCoy, Horace
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Arthur Barker Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
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- Literature;
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Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- 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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