BESSIE COTTER
by Smith, Wallace
- Used
- near fine
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: The Obelisk Press, 1946. Leather-bound. Near fine. Leather-bound. Octavo. 227pp. Bound in gilt stamped, full-leather by Maurin. t.e.g. 1946 edition with wrappers bound-in. Nice binding has minor rubbing to spine tips and corners. Wrappers are nicely preserved, though paper is toned. The novel was first published in New York by Covici in 1934 and in England in 1935. It was judged indecent in England and suppressed. Later English language editions were published in France by the Obelisk Press, starting in 1936.
"A moving and at the same time richly humorous story of a prostitute's life in the Chicago of yesterday.
"A moving and at the same time richly humorous story of a prostitute's life in the Chicago of yesterday.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53690
- Title
- BESSIE COTTER
- Author
- Smith, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Obelisk Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1946
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...