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Steamboat Gothic
by Keyes, Frances Parkinson
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Julian Messner, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition - Nap (No Additional Printing Stated). Includes Bibliographical References. List Of Steamboats (General) And A List Of Gambling Steamboats. The Book Is Bound In Green With Pale Yellow Lettering On The Spine. No Ownership Information Present. The Book Has Moderate Wear And The Front Hinge Is Cracked. A Small Amount Of Sticker Residue On The Ffep And Opposite To The Front Pastedown. The Page Edges Have Tanned.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034922
- Title
- Steamboat Gothic
- Author
- Keyes, Frances Parkinson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Julian Messner
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 562
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Gamblers - Fiction; Gambling On River Boats - Fiction; Steamboats - Fiction; Man-Woman Relationships - Fiction; Louisiana - Social Life And Customs - 19Th Century - Fiction; Louisiana - Social Life And Customs - 20Th Century - Fiction. Historical
Terms of Sale
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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