The Hard-Boiled Virgin
by Newman, Frances
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly rubbed and soiled, faded a shade at the spine. Quarter black cloth with patterned paper on the boards. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. Newman's first full-length novel, "the story of a woman, unconventional in an unconventional manner, a woman intimate with the mysteries of the past, exotic, and yet thrillingly human.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9636
- Title
- The Hard-Boiled Virgin
- Author
- Newman, Frances
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- American Literature, Modern Literature, Debut, 20th Century Literature, Women, O. Henry, Southern Literature, Banned
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...