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Number One
by DOS PASSOS, JOHN
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: The Sun Dial Press, 1944. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Hardback The Sun Dial Press, 1944. Hardcover Book in Good Condition. No Dust Jacket. Taupe cloth binding, with brown titles on front and spine. Clean, unmarked, corners all lightly compressed, spine head and heel scuffed. Top edge with publisher's brown tint. Fore-edge and lower edge rough cut. Tight and solid sewn binding, with cracked inner hinge. Internals quite clean and free from any markings, lightly toned. Some reviewers see a comparison to Louisiana politician Huey Long (1893-1935, LA Governor, Senator. assassinatedib 1935) to the corrupt politician Chuch Crawford in this Dos Passos story, who tries to pin a scandal on his campaign manager, 304 pages. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. 1944, The Sun Dial Press,Garden City, New York.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028472
- Title
- Number One
- Author
- DOS PASSOS, JOHN
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Sun Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- DOS PASSOS, JOHN -1896-1970; LITERATURE,AMERICAN-20TH CENTURY; WORLD WAR 1;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- 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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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