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Almost a Famous Person
by MICHELSON, Herb
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 248pp. Slightly bowed boards with toning and spotting on the page edges thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with some toning and rubbing. Advance Review copy with publisher's slip laid in.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 547508
- Title
- Almost a Famous Person
- Author
- MICHELSON, Herb
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- African-Americana, Basketball, Biography, AdvanceCopy
- Bookseller catalogs
- African-Americana; Basketball;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
All books are first editions unless otherwise noted. All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, PAYPAL, checks and money orders. New Jersey residents please add 6.625% sales tax. All items guaranteed, all items subject to prior sale. Members ABAA, ILAB. Shipping is $4.50 for Media Mail, $10.00 for Priority Mail or UPS Ground. Tracking is provided for every order. Alternate shipping available by request. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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