Playing the Field

Sacramento: News Publishing Company, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. 8vo. 168pp. Brown leather-grained cloth gilt; Light edgewear on the boards, very near fine, assume issued without dustwrapper. Inscribed by Spike on the half-title: "To Foz[?] Baker, Sincerely yours, Diamond Spike." Poetry of the criminal underworld, includes a relatively extensive glossary of jargon and slang.

California: News Publishing Company, 1948. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Green textured cloth with fading gilt titles, 2nd edition, no jacket. A good copy with some soil, and wear to the cover edges. Corners and spine tips bending inward. Previous owner's gift inscription neatly inside the front cover, otherwise a clean, tight copy in a solid… Read more about this item

Sacramento. : News Publishing. , 1948. 2nd Edition.. Green leatherette, yellow cover title, no spine title. . Very good, corners bumped, light wear to spine ends, owner’s blindstamp to ffep. . 8vo.. Inscribed and signed “Diamond Spike” by the author on the ffep. An account in verse of life in the underworld.

News Publishing Company, 1948. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

News Publishing Company, Sacramento, CA, 1948. Inscribed by author, dated 3/6/1956. Would have rated very good but end papers have pulled away at staples. Just minor wear to green leather like covers, text pages very good. Still nice copy, satisfaction guaranteed.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Hardcover. Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.