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The Fools' Parade
by Vandercook, John W
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Webster, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Blaine, Mahlon. First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and creases, jacket toned, spine slightly cocked, top page ridge lightly foxed. 1930 Hard Cover. 270 pp. Five convicts, five men of utterly different character, escape from the most famous and most terrible prison in the world. They plunge bare-foot, without guns or tools or food, into the vast equatorial forest.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2316397
- Title
- The Fools' Parade
- Author
- Vandercook, John W
- Illustrator
- Blaine, Mahlon
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.31 lbs
- Keywords
- FICTION MYSTERY THRILLER ADVENTURE
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About the Seller
Yesterday's Muse Books
Biblio member since 2005
Webster, New York
About Yesterday's Muse Books
Yesterday's Muse Inc. is an independent used & rare bookseller that has been in operation for over 15 years. We opened our first 'brick and mortar' storefront in December of 2008 in our hometown of Webster, NY.Owner Jonathan Smalter is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), former vice president of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), both of which are trade organizations created to promote ethical online selling practices, and to encourage continuing education among fellow booksellers. He is also a 2011 graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS). He has nearly 20 years of experience in the book trade, during which time he has become adept at evaluating used and collectible books.
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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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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