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NO MORE GAS
by Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Inked name stamps to paste downs, spine a bit age darkened with some mild rubbing to outer joints, a very good copy in a good to
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. First edition. Inked name stamps to paste downs, spine a bit age darkened with some mild rubbing to outer joints, a very good copy in a good to very good price clipped dust jacket with a chip to the upper left front panel, closed tear to lower left front panel, wear to spine ends and corner tips with minor loss, some color fade to spine panel. (24735). Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-3] 4-320, original blue cloth, front and spine silver, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. Story of a family in Tahiti.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24735
- Title
- NO MORE GAS
- Author
- Nordhoff, Charles and James Norman Hall
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name stamps to paste downs, spine a bit age darkened with some mild rubbing to outer joints, a very good copy in a good to
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Lit
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Price Clipped
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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