Adventures in Two Worlds
by Dr. A.J. Cronin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good +
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€22.17€15.52
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About This Item
New York, NY: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1952 McGraw Hill Book Company, New York. 1952. Hardcover. First Edition (NAP). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Good +; NOT Price Clipped ($4.00); small closed tears along top edge of DJ; wear to head, tail, and tips; soiling to spine. Mauve colored cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 331 pp 8vo. The author's autobiography tells in exciting narrative form of those events in his dual career as physician and novelist which contributed to his understanding of life and of human nature. This is the author's first non-fiction book and is a fusion of his skills in the fields of medicine and literature told in a smooth narrative form. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016485
- Title
- Adventures in Two Worlds
- Author
- Dr. A.J. Cronin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- McGraw Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- autobiography, Dr. A. J. Cronin, British physician, Scottish physician, literature writer, author, writer, fiction writer, A. J. Cronin,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...