New York: Liveright Publishing Corp.. Good in Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Mylared dust jacket is sunned with worn edges and chips up to half an inch. Not price clipped. Blue boards with gilt imprint have bumped corners and some rubbing on board faces. Red top edge. Interior clean. This a presentation copy inscribed by Frank Waters to Diana and Joe Stein, owners of a bookstore in Las Vegas, New Mexico. A novel of mining in the West told through the eyes of a mining engineer. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall; 534 pp; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Back of Beyond Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010585
Title: Dust Within the Rock
Author: Waters, Frank
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good in Good dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corp.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1940

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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.

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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...
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...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...