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The Boss

The Boss

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The Boss: And How He Came to Rule New York

by Lewis, Alfred Henry

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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About This Item

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1903. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. A Very Good copy of the First Edition, first printing, in the Publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt to the front board and spine and decorated in white and gold to the front board and in white to the spine. The front pastedown shows a presentation, date, and initials and the volume is mildly askew an shows some rubbing the spine edges and to the leadig corners. The text block hosts a frontispiece and nine additional illustrations. The book presents a tale of mob rule in New York.

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Bookseller
Allington Antiquarian Books, LLC US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
3602
Title
The Boss
Author
Lewis, Alfred Henry
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Publisher
A. S. Barnes & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1903
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Text Block
Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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...
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....

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