New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940 2023-11-06. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Signed by Author. Inscribed/signed by the author on half-title page: 271 pp.; ill., green cloth, lacking DJ, 8vo.: External soiling/bumping/fraying to cloth, top edge dust-stained, spine cocked, front hinge cracked with one name written in pen on FFEP (FFEP chipped along edges): Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

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Bookseller: Resource for Art and Music Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 231106003
Title: The Big Ones Get Away
Author: Wylie, Philip
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1940 2023-11-06

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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