The Stork Club Bar Book
by Lucius Beebe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Saginaw, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Rinehart & Company Inc., 1946. This book was a gift to Al Smith, State Governor, whose name appears in gilt on the cover. "This book contains recipes, humor, and stories about the rich and famous who frequented this elegant club, and sly essays on such subjects as the mint julep and the zombie." . This is a very well kept copy: Red leather over soft boards; 136 pages, index inclusive; tight binding; square corners; "10 cents AL" in printed on the front pastedown end paper, else no further marks; no chips or tears; text block is bright and clean; light impression across fore edge; very slight paste bleed through at rear end paper; small leaflet inclusive "The Stork and the Fox", printed by Brown & Bigelow; very good +.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Riverhorsebooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TL833
- Title
- The Stork Club Bar Book
- Author
- Lucius Beebe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rinehart & Company Inc.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" Tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Riverhorsebooks
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Saginaw, Michigan
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- SL.
- slight
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...