The Big City, Or The New Mayhem
by Atkins, Alex. Illustrated By Ronald Searle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller, Inc., 1959. First American edition, 1959. Blue hardcover with black cloth spine, gilt spine lettering, black cover lettering, frontis, 111 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with heavily foxed top edge, gently rubbed extreme spine ends, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in very good condition with mildly chipped spine ends and very lightly rubbed corners.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023223
- Title
- The Big City, Or The New Mayhem
- Author
- Atkins, Alex. Illustrated By Ronald Searle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- George Braziller, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- PUNCH SERIES HUMOR REGARDING BIG CITY NIGHT LIFE METRO MAYHEM CARTOONS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Travel & Exploration, International Culture;
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Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
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Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...