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Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo; cloth; small light ownership stamp on title page below imprint. In dust jacket with fading to spine & foredge; tape repair inside spine ends; light soil to white back panel. Signed by the author on half-title. .

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition, signed by author at the half-Title page; dustjacket very lightly rubbed/bumped/sunned/soiled, spine quite sunned, corners/edges/spine ends lightly rubbed/bumped, several small chips/tears at the corners/edges/spine ends, top spine end/top edges of the flaps near the spine very lightly soiled; cover faintly rubbed/bumped/sunned, top spine end/top edges of the boards near the spine very lightly soiled; edges faintly rubbed/bumped, very lightly soiled, lightly sunned; interior faintly age-toned throughout,; binding tight; dustjacket, cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Cloth, Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket, with a sunned spine & moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 256 pp. Inscribed by author in year of publication. Book plate of Harold's Club of Reno (discussed extensively in text) on rear pastedown. Small spot on front cover, upper corner of rear board bumped, page edges tanned. Jacket sunned, rubbed, handled and edgeworn with numerous small chips and tears. Size: 8vo

NY: Doubleday & Co., 1953. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Hardcover in a worn and faded dust jacket. An early profile of Sin City. Legalized gambling in Nevada was 23 years old when this book examined what the move meant to the state and the nation in, in social, political, and economic terms. Much has changed in the intervening years. Record # 381337

GARDEN CITY, NY.: DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY. G/G X-LIBRARY WITH USUAL FLAWS. LIGHT WEAR & SOILING. Pages: 256. . 1953. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER.. DJ GLUED TO BOARDS. DJ SUNNED AT SPINE, LIGHTLY EDGEWORN & SOILING, IN MYLAR WRAP. TEXT CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. .

Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday & Company, 1953.. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket (price clipped; minor rubbing; spine faded). Very good. 256 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Small bookseller's label on the rear pastedown.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday & Company, 1953.. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket (price clipped; small nicks; spine faded). Very good. 256 pages. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper (not author's).. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

GARDEN CITY, NY.: DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY. VG-/G- FOXING AT HEAD. Pages: 256. . 1953. 1ST EDITION. HARDCOVER.. DJ LIGHTLY SUNNED AT SPINE, EDGEWORN & SCUFFED, A FEW MSALL CHIPS & TEARS. TEXT CLEAN, BINDING TIGHT. DJ IN MYLAR WRAP. .

Doubleday. Good/Fair. 1953. 1st,First American Edition,1st Printing. Hard Cover. (J284) .

Doubbleda, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Jimmy Nickel, Don English Photos. A clean, unmarked copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Lewis on the half title page. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper includes a previous owner's inked name and date. The dust jacket has edge wear, nicking rubbing and some general wear and tear. The spine of the dust jacket is faded. "Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (December 25, 1914 – December 16, 1970) was an American anthropologist. He is best known for his vivid depictions of the lives of slum dwellers and his argument that a cross-generational culture of poverty transcends national boundaries. Lewis contended that the cultural similarities occurred because they were "common adaptations to… Read More

Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Good. 1953. Hardcover. SIGNED by author on half title. Cloth very good. Dj ragged, worn, chipped.; 256 pages .

Garden City.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953.. 1st Edition.. hardcover.. very good with very good dust jacket; creases, closed tears and chips to dj; small pieces missing top and bottom rear panel of dj.. 8vo.. signed, inscribed and dated in green ink by the author on the half-title page.

Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, 1953. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling and toning, with minor rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 256 pages; A comprehensive history. Description: 256 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Gambling --Nevada.

Garden City.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953.. Stated first edition. . Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author.

Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; Description: 256 p. 22 cm. Subjects: Gambling --Nevada