THE BIG SPENDERS
by Beebe, Lucius
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dj
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Doublday & Company,Inc., 1966, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, VG in black boards with gilt titles on spine. No dj. 1st Edition. clean and unmarked. 404 pp. The Epic Story of the Rich Rich, the Grandees of America and the Magnificoes, and How They Spent Their Fortunes ~ he paints a colorful picture of vast excesses and eccentricities that would nowadays be either impossible to pull off or at least be derided as unacceptably insensitive and very politically incorrect. Money was made and spent differently in those days, as was the mindset of what Beebe calls the rich rich.
Synopsis
Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1966. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62998
- Title
- THE BIG SPENDERS
- Author
- Beebe, Lucius
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doublday & Company,Inc., 1966
- Date Published
- 1966
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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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...