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Best Seller: A Nostalgic Celebration of the Less-Than Great Books You Have Always Been Afraid to Admit You Loved
by Bocca, Geoffrey
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: remainder mark bottom of text block, marking on FFEP, else clean, square, tight./very good: age toning, slight shelf wear, NOT clipped ($12.95)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Wyndham Books, 1981. first edition. hardcover. very good: remainder mark bottom of text block, marking on FFEP, else clean, square, tight./very good: age toning, slight shelf wear, NOT clipped ($12.95). 8vo 233pp. from front flap: "These novels made millions and were translated all over the globe. They were the great best sellers of their day. Some are still making forutnes. Some are forgotten. Michael Arlen was able to retire on the money he made from The Green Hat, declared by some critics today to be unreadable. Three Weeks, published in 1907 and called the first X-rated novel, earned Elinor Glyn the reputation of a scarlet woman and sent her off to Hollywood. Owen Wister's The Virginian opened new frontiers of a West that was both wild and romantic, influencing, and many critics say still distorting, conceptions of cowboys. [...]. #00884.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 801
- Title
- Best Seller
- Author
- Bocca, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: remainder mark bottom of text block, marking on FFEP, else clean, square, tight.
- Jacket Condition
- very good: age toning, slight shelf wear, NOT clipped ($12.95)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Wyndham Books
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- books on books, literary criticism, first edition, nonfiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Remainder Mark
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- Shelf Wear
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- FFEP
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