King Cole: A Novel
by BURNETT, W.R
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.25cm); green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in orange and black on spine and front cover; patterned endpapers; dustjacket; [viii],292,[2]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, rough erasure to upper front endpaper, with a few faint scuffs to cloth; contents clean; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), spine-sunned and shelfworn, with some chipping to spine ends, several nicks and tears, and some faint dampstaining to spine panel and lower flap folds on verso; Very Good. "The story of six closing days of Governor Read Cole's "honest" campaign for re-election, including a riot planned for publicity" (Coan, p.147). HANNA 528.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56100
- Title
- King Cole: A Novel
- Author
- BURNETT, W.R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...