McTEAGUE : Modern Library
by Frank Norris; (Henry S. Pancoast, Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Synopsis
McTeague is an 1899 novel by Frank Norris. The book describes the life of a turn-of-the-century dentist in San Francisco, named McTeague. The narrator never reveals McTeague's first name; he is referred to only as "Mac" by the other characters in the novel. The book was the basis for Erich von Stroheim's film, Greed.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020166
- Title
- McTEAGUE : Modern Library
- Author
- Frank Norris; (Henry S. Pancoast, Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover/Leatherette
- Book Condition
- Used - COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Novel/Fiction/Literature/1900s America/San Francisco
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics;
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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