In For Life: A Convict's Story
by RUNYON, Tom
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Windermere, Florida, United States
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About This Item
First Edition. Octavo. Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 314pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper, easily VG or better. Memoir by a lifer in the Iowa State Penitentiary. Includes a description of the author's lengthy stay in solitary confinement following an escape attempt.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tomberg Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00201456
- Title
- In For Life: A Convict's Story
- Author
- RUNYON, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Prison writings
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About the Seller
Tomberg Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
Windermere, Florida
About Tomberg Rare Books
Tomberg Rare Books is dedicated to the preservation of the 20th and 21st century cultural movements. We specialize in American Social Movements and subcultures, including: Women's Rights, African Americana, Gay Rights, Radical Politics...through archival materials, posters, books and Ephemera. We are members of the ABAA (Antiquarian BookSellers' Association of America and ILAB.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...