Sweet Thursday
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Viking Press, 1954. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. A "superbly amusing & exquisitely fashioned romance" set once more in Monterey County, CA. Orig. published by Viking in June 1954, this is a Book Club Edition, lacking the red topstain & with a tiny red mark to inner bottom corner of rear board, second-state DJ with reviews. Hardcover small octavo has olive-yellow cloth-covered boards with stamped green birds & red title lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong but with a slight rightward lean, pages creamy white & unmarked with a hint of tanning. Very mild bumping to lower front board. The corner-clipped DJ is VG: bright & colorful, with modest rubbing & chipping to extremities; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific Time; later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.
Synopsis
Sweet Thursday is a 1954 novel by John Steinbeck. It is a sequel to Cannery Row and set in the years after the end of World War II. According to the author, "Sweet Thursday" is the day after Lousy Wednesday and the day before Waiting Friday.
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Details
- Seller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023620
- Title
- Sweet Thursday
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition (BCE)
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- STEINBECK FIRST EDITION Monterey CALIFORNIA FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Californiana;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Book Club Edition
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.