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American Dream: A Novel
by Foster, Michael
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: The Literary Guild of America, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. A story about a man wondering where his life has gone searching for the elusive "American Dream' and what to do about it now. Brown cloth binding with darker brown panel on front and spine, gilt lettered. Clean, tight, solid book, Boards have no edgewear, Faint discoloration along fore edge. Spine has a quarter inch right angle tear about center on the spine. Publisher's brown tint on top edge. Fore edge and lower edge rough cut. Paste-down browning on edges and down hinge. Page 415 has some pale reddish marks that look like chalk or crayon, otherwise pages very clean, unmarked, no tears, no creases, evenly toned. A very nice 1937 volume. 506 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. Published by The Literary Guild of America, New York, 1937.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008989
- Title
- American Dream: A Novel
- Author
- Foster, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Literary Guild of America
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- AMERICAN LITERATURE; DREAM; NEWSPAPERMAN;
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- Hinge
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- New
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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
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