Welcome to the City and Other Stories
by Irwin Shaw
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Collectible; Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random Hosue, 1942. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1942 stated 1st printing of this early collection of Irwin Shaw short stories. Solid and VG (with light staining at the foot of the spine and light soiling at the inner hinges) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with mild darkening at the spine and a 1 1/2" stain at the foot of the spine bleeding thru to the cloth. Still though, a presentable and respectable copy. Octavo, 269 pgs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6408
- Title
- Welcome to the City and Other Stories
- Author
- Irwin Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random Hosue
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Rare Irwin Shaw, Random House First Editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...