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You Can't Win
by Jack Black
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the September 1926 1st edition of this immortal, pre-Depression look into the underground lives of hobos, thieves, grifters, etc., mostly set in the Bay Area. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in clean bright-red boards, with pristine gilt-titling along the spine. Even offsetting at the endsheets, just a touch to the rear pastedown too. The text crisp and immaculate. 12mo, the profound influence of this book on a young William Burroughs has been often-cited. Lacking the scarce dustjacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22804
- Title
- You Can't Win
- Author
- Jack Black
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- rare underground literature, rare underground memoirs, rare Depression-era literature, rare William Burroughs, rare Beat literature, rare true crime literature, rare true crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Underground;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
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