The Amboy Dukes
by Shulman, Irving
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1947. First Edition. First edition. x, 273 pp. Publisher's gray cloth stamped in crimson. A little mottling to cloth and light rubbing, else Fine in an attractive dust jacket, lightly edge-worn and price-clipped. The classic novel of juvenile delinquency and gang life in Brooklyn that inspired two '50s films: City Across the River and Cry Tough. The titular gang also inspired Ted Nugent's breakout band, the hard psych group Amboy Dukes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941085
- Title
- The Amboy Dukes
- Author
- Shulman, Irving
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
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.
Glossary
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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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...