No More Gas
by Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James Norman
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good /Poor
- Seller
-
St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Literary Guild of America. BCE Wonderful South Sea, story of the Tuttles, who came originally from New England, but after 3 generations of intermarriage with Polynesians, their Yankee thrift & industry gave way to a delightful Tahitian indolence. NO MORE GAS APPEARED IN THE SATURDAY EVENING POST UNDER THE TITLE OF: OUT OF GAS. Very Good/Poor pictorial dust jacket; heavy chipping & edgewear w/ a 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" goudge missing at heel of spinestrip and a 1x1" goudge missing from the head of the spinestrip, the jacket has been mended w/acid free mending tape, the major portion of the front cover is smooth and intact. Mild wear to teal cloth boards w/center stamped decor of boat on waves leading to base, faint gutter offset on front & rear hinges, NO NAMES OR MARKINGS, 320 crisp, clean & solid pp. EXCELLENT READING & VERY POSSIBLE PERSONAL CPY. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1940.
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- Seller
- Julie's Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 029006
- Title
- No More Gas
- Author
- Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James Norman
- Illustrator
- John Alan Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- The Literary Guild of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- FICTION, HUMOR, TAHITI, FAMILIES-SOUTH SEAS, TAHITIANS, VAIPOPO VALLEY Humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
Julie's Books
Immediate shipment to buyer upon order, notification of unavailability, insured books over $50, complete refund & postage reimbursement with customer dissatisfaction, detailed book descriptions.
ships only in U.S.
About the Seller
Julie's Books
Biblio member since 2006
St. Charles, Michigan
About Julie's Books
Selling Rare & Used Fine Quality Books since 2000, satisfaction guaranteed, immediate shipping.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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