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Street of No Return
by Goodis, David
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0887390277
- ISBN 13
- 9780887390272
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Berkeley: Black Lizard Books, 1987. Book. About Very Good. Paperback. 1st thus.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A classic from one of hardboiled mystery fiction's giants. This one tells the story of a guy who has fallen so low that he ends up in the gutter that is River Street, "where the concrete ends and the jungle begins," where the losers are "burned-out husks of what once were men." Introduction by Geoffrey O'Brien. 166 pages + one-page Goodis bibliography and one-page list of other Black Lizard titles. Moderately cocked, a couple of reading creases to spine, thin reading crease to left edge of front cover, rubbing, scratches, general handling wear..
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- Bookseller
- Augustine Funnell Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019391
- Title
- Street of No Return
- Author
- Goodis, David
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About Very Good
- Edition
- 1st thus.
- ISBN 10
- 0887390277
- ISBN 13
- 9780887390272
- Publisher
- Black Lizard Books
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NOISBN, prostitutes, racketeers, hardboiled suspense, losers
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (paperback);
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Augustine Funnell Books
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Fredericton, New Brunswick
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- 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....
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...