New York: Random House, 1954. Bart Hardin owes a loan shark five hundred dollars, and he needs it fast. Bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, flaps lightly foxed with creases to the fore edge of the front flap, in Brodart.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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Bookseller: MLC Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: D190126
Title: Paint the Town Black
Author: Alexander, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: MYSTERY, BART HARDIN, BROADWAY
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Brodart: Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
Fore Edge: The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
Flap(s): The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
Cocked: Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...