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Saint Johnson
by Burnett, W.R
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York & Chicago: A.L. Burt Company, 1930. The third novel by the author of "Little Caesar," made famous by the gangster movie version. This is set in Tombstone, Arizona in the 1880's and was also made into several movie versions. First published by Dial in 1930. This is a Near Fine copy of the reprint by Burt from the same year. Both are scarce. Bright orange cloth binding with black lettering on the spine. Clean text; 305 pages, with four pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Some light bumping to the bottom edges, else a Fine copy. The iconic dustjacket, by Edna Reindel, is not clipped.. There are more publisher adverts for "Popular Copyright Fiction" on the reverse of the jacket. It shows some edgewear, and the spine is slightly darkened. In an archival plastic protector.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004148
- Title
- Saint Johnson
- Author
- Burnett, W.R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York & Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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