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The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality; A Study of the Private Eye in the Novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald
by Parker, Robert B
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Ann Arbor: University Microfilms, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Inscribed by Parker on the front endpaper. About Fine. Black buckram, bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An authorized facsimile of Parker's Boston University graduate thesis that he defended in 1957. A seemingly scarce production with WorldCat only showing one institutional holding of this edition at the time of cataloging.
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- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5604
- Title
- The Violent Hero, Wilderness Heritage and Urban Reality; A Study of the Private Eye in the Novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross MacDonald
- Author
- Parker, Robert B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University Microfilms
- Place of Publication
- Ann Arbor
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Detective Fiction, Literary Criticism, Hardboiled. Crime
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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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Worldcat
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- Facsimile
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- First Edition
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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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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