The Golden Spike
by Ellson Hal
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust jacket
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Ballantine 2) Paperback Original. Attractive, vintage mass market/pocket paperback with colorful Robert Maguire wraparound painted cover art. Drug use, junky, heroin themes. Cover copy reads: "This is a drug addict. He is 16. This angry novel tells his story with truth and compassion" / Cover shows a 3" diagonal crease. Rubbing to hinge. Small bumping and material loss to head of spine. Pages faintly edge tanned, but supple. Binding square and solid. Illustrator: Robert Maguire. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Drugs & Counterculture; Inventory No: 021551. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Drugs & Counterculture; Robert Maguire Hal Ellson The Golden Spike
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021551
- Title
- The Golden Spike
- Author
- Ellson Hal
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1952
Terms of Sale
Hang Fire Books
Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...