Forty Pounds of Gold
by Stong, Phil
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($2.50 price intact). Published by Doubleday, 1951. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in white. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear. Some nicks and tears along edges and a one-inch tear on top of spine. Book placed in custom acetate protector. Scarce, very good copy of this adventurous tale of an aspiring California goldrusher. Jacket and interior illustrations by Arthur Shilstone. 218 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Southampton Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89379
- Title
- Forty Pounds of Gold
- Author
- Stong, Phil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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Glossary
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- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...