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Von Stroheim
by Curtiss, Thomas Quinn
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374285209
- ISBN 13
- 9780374285203
- Seller
-
Middlebury, Vermont, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 357 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Binding tight. Decorated endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped, has some age tanning, a little chipping and a tear (1") with tape repair at spine. Cover boards bound with brown cloth, gilt title on spine. Other than a touch of age tanning pages and edges are in excellent shape. Some light (erasable) penciling. In very good condition for its age. Replacing legend with truth, Thomas Quinn Curtiss, drama critic of the Paris Herald Tribune and a long-time friend of Von Stroheim, tells the complete story of this great director's tragic career, life and work for the first time. Record # 31554
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Details
- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31554
- Title
- Von Stroheim
- Author
- Curtiss, Thomas Quinn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0374285209
- ISBN 13
- 9780374285203
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Biography, Directors, 1st, , .
Terms of Sale
Monroe Street Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Monroe Street Books
Biblio member since 2006
Middlebury, Vermont
About Monroe Street Books
Monroe Street Books is Vermont's largest used book store. Open 7 days a week. Over 100,000 books in store. Additional 50,000 online.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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