High Priest of California / Wild Wives
by Willeford Charles
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust jacket
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
1953. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Beacon B130) Paperback Original. First publication of "Wild Wives" ("High Priest..." Was originally published ias a digest). Double novel. Good Girl GGA painted cover. Willeford misspelled as "Williford" on front cover but correct on title page. Bottom corners (front and back) chipped away (about 1/4") with some small rubbing and scuffing to edges. Light soiling and faint reading creases to cover. Some dusting to edges of text block. Binding square but delicate. Pages lightly age-tanned but clean and supple. Cover copy reads: "No Woman Could Resist His Strange Cult of Lechery!...A HArd guy suckered by a cute little juvenile delinquent--and by one not so juvenile!" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 013012. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Charles Willeford High Priest of California / Wild Wives
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- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013012
- Title
- High Priest of California / Wild Wives
- Author
- Willeford Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks / Mystery;
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About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
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