The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment
by Ernest Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Francestown: The Alcohol Information Press, 1943. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable mylar cover. The book itself shows very slight edge wear, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards are bright and colorful. The dust jacket shows some edge wear with some very light chipping at the topmost and bottommost of the spine, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H5
- Title
- The Wrecking of the Eighteenth Amendment
- Author
- Ernest Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Alcohol Information Press
- Place of Publication
- Francestown
- Date Published
- 1943
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.