Christ in Concrete.
by DI DONATO, PIETRO
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1939]. FIRST EDITION. Page edges a litte spotted, else a tight, near fine in bright crisp dust jacket with a couple tiny closed tears. There is the pencilled note on flyleaf: "Pub. April 10."
Synopsis
An uncompromising yet beautiful portrait of the life of Italian immigrants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1920s, Christ in Concrete is the story of a twelve-year-old boy who must support his family after his father's untimely death.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Dagg Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27617
- Title
- Christ in Concrete.
- Author
- DI DONATO, PIETRO
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- [1939]
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Dagg Rare Books
Biblio member since 2008
San Francisco, California
About Robert Dagg Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...