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ODYSSEY OF A BARBARIAN. The Biography of George Sylvester Viereck
by Gertz, Elmer
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0879751088
- ISBN 13
- 9780879751081
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo: Prometheus Books, (1978). first edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, cloth spine over boards, vi + 305 pages. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket price clipped, and has a little toning at edges, light wear, small closed tear on rear panel, very good. Studio
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000021067
- Title
- ODYSSEY OF A BARBARIAN. The Biography of George Sylvester Viereck
- Author
- Gertz, Elmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0879751088
- ISBN 13
- 9780879751081
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo
- Date Published
- (1978)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Jacket
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