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The Big Die

The Big Die

The Big Die
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The Big Die

by Lee E. Wells

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  • Hardcover
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Very Good Condition/Very Good
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Rinehart & Company, New York, 1952. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Bernard Safran (dust jacket). Book VG HB in VG- DJ, now protected by archival Mylar cover. 249 p.; 20 cm. Dark grey textured paper over boards with gilt and black title on spine. Novel of the conflict between large landowners and small ranchers in the Wyoming Powder River country during the blizzard of 1888. Presumed first edition. Size: Duodecimo (12 mo; up to 7 3/4" / 17.5-20 cm tall). Item Type: Book. Text block is tight and unmarked, though the pages are slightly tanned from age. Binding is tight; corners sharp, but the paper is worn through at the tips of the corners and is flaking off at the bottom of the spine. VG- unclipped DJ has some chipping at the tops and bottoms of the folds and spine. The top corner of the free front end paper is torn out (c. 1" x 1"). Illustrator: Bernard Safran (dust jacket). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Westerns; United States; 1950s; Main Picture: Wells, The Big Die (1952) - Dust Jacket - Front cover and Spine, showing wear around the edges. Picture 2: Wells, The Big Die (1952) - Front Cover and Spine. Picture 3: Wells, The Big Die (1952) - Title Page. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 988. .

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Bookseller
Quaint Book Shop, IOBA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
988
Title
The Big Die
Author
Lee E. Wells
Illustrator
Bernard Safran (dust jacket)
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Edition Unstated
Publisher
Rinehart & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1952
Keywords
BZDB22 Novel Fiction; Westerns; United States; 1950s; Bernard Safran (dust jacket) Unbranded Lee E. Wells The Big Die
Bookseller catalogs
Fiction; Westerns;

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About Quaint Book Shop, IOBA

Quaint Book Shop is an online bookselling service that features regional and local history, classic children's and religious books and specializes in Kenneth Roberts books.

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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....
Jacket
Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Title Page
A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...
VG
Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Tight
Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.

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