Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chciago Underworld
by Herbert Asbury
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good book; very good dust jacket, wraps worn and soiled
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co, 1942. Hardcover, [octavo], maroon cloth boards, black spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 377 pp., xix. Very good book; very good dust jacket, wraps worn and soiled.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1853
- Title
- Gem of the Prairie
- Author
- Herbert Asbury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, [octavo], maroon cloth boards, black spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 377 pp., xix
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good book; very good dust jacket, wraps worn and soiled
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Chicago, Gem of the Prairie, Herbert Asbury
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
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- Soiled
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- New
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- 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....