The Rag Pickers
by H. Vernor Dixon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: David Mckay Company, 1966. First Edition. First Printing. Very good copy. Good jacket. In green cloth covers with black lettering on spine. Tight, square, intact binding with clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Light bumping to ends of spine. Jacket: Intact with price on upper front flap. Bumping to edges and light chipping to ends of spine. Moderate shelf rubbing. In new protective jacket cover. Pictures upon request. . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quaker House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003045
- Title
- The Rag Pickers
- Author
- H. Vernor Dixon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- David Mckay Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction, Drama
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Drama;
Terms of Sale
Quaker House Books
Items must be returned within ten days of sale for a full refund if not satisfied.
About the Seller
Quaker House Books
Biblio member since 2006
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
About Quaker House Books
My book holdings are eclectic in nature.
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- Rubbing
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- Chipping
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- Edges
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- First Edition
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- 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....
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