Number One
by Dos Passos, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/G-
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/G-. Second book in what would become the author's "District of Columbia" trilogy about a contemporary American family, the Spotswoods. In 304 pages, this is the FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1943. Hardcover 8vo has dull red/tan cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages off-white with mild tanning to edges, but completely unmarked; spotting to outside fore edge. Mild sunning to top edges all around. The unclipped DJ (with $2.50 price intact) is Good- (minus): bright & colorful, but missing a few noticeable chips, short tears & creases, heavy rubbing to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023309
- Title
- Number One
- Author
- Dos Passos, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- G-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- politics fiction politicians corrupt family families American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction-General;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
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- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
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- 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"...
- First Edition
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- 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....
- 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...