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The Amboy Dukes
by SHULMAN, Irving
- Used
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Taupe pictorial cloth, titled and decorated in maroon on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 273pp. Small sticker shadow on rear pastedown, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.50 on front flap), slightly creased and worn with a small loss at base of spine; Very Good.
Shulman's celebrated debut novel, set in the violent milieu of Jewish street gangs in Brooklyn. Adapted for the 1951 film noir The City Across the River, which featured Tony Curtis in his screen debut. Dark Page p.226. HANNA 3206.
Shulman's celebrated debut novel, set in the violent milieu of Jewish street gangs in Brooklyn. Adapted for the 1951 film noir The City Across the River, which featured Tony Curtis in his screen debut. Dark Page p.226. HANNA 3206.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56322
- Title
- The Amboy Dukes
- Author
- SHULMAN, Irving
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Fine
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