When God Laughs
by London, Jack
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1911. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/4 Tall. 319 + 4 Pp Ads At Rear. Olive Green Cloth Lettered In Gilt, Stamped (Intaglio, Not Surface Printing) In Light Gray-Green And Red On Front Cover, And Stamped (Intaglio, Not Surface Printing) In Dark Green (Not The Lighter Gray Green Of Front Cover) And Red On The Spine One Of Three Bindings. Some Other Copies Of This First Printing Have Either Color Printing (Intaglio) Of Gray-Green On Spine, Color Printing (Not Intaglio) Of Gray Green On Spine, Differences Not Noted By Sisson And Martens. First Printing, One Of Only 3748 Copies. Covers Worn, Tiny Fray At Upper Rear Spine Edge, Hinges Entirely Cracked, Light Soiling, Foxing And Dust To Edges Of Page Block With A Few Faint Tide Marks On Top Edge Of Page Block. Spine Cloth Browne. Bookplate Of Warren Forster (Son Of Presidential Assistant Rudolph Forster) On Front Endpaper, Tiny Original Orange Bookstore Label Of Brentano's / New York On Rear Pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 036279
- Title
- When God Laughs
- Author
- London, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 7 3/4 Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century;
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About the Seller
Arroyo Seco Books
Biblio member since 2013
Pasadena, California
About Arroyo Seco Books
Arroyo Seco Books lists about 26,000 used books in all fields, including physics, art, philosophy, social science, literature, science fiction, etc. We also stock modern and antiquarian prints and other art. Most items are listed in 100 catalogs titled by subject matter, and available on this site. We purchase interesting private libraries. Member of IOBA. Contact: Stephen Clauser, 626-372-3863.
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- Cracked
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