CABLE CAR CARNIVAL. A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times.
by Lucius. Clegg Charles Beebe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Published by Grahame Hardy, January 1951. Reprint. Cloth . Very Good/Fair. Quarto in heavily worn jacket with large chips, some scuff marks & tears. There is triangular cut out from DJ front flap. Brown cloth covered boards with edgewear with white lettering along spine. Likewise white stamped illustration front board lower right corner. Illustrated end pages with heavy tanning & foxing. Previous dealer's bookplate affixed to verso of FFEP. [130 pages plus appendix]
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- Bookseller
- A Cappella Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 289551
- Title
- CABLE CAR CARNIVAL. A Story of Virginia City and Comstock Times.
- Author
- Lucius. Clegg Charles Beebe
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by Grahame Hardy
- Date Published
- January 1951
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A Cappella Books
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Atlanta, Georgia
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A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
A Cappella Books is a full service used, new & out-of-print bookstore located in the heart of Atlanta's bohemian district, Little 5 Points, since 1989. We stock a general selection of some 20 to 30, 000 paperbacks & hardcovers, ranging from the common to the quite scarce. Our specialties reflect the personality of our neighborhood and, to varying degrees, our staff. But don't be fooled, we really have something for almost everybody who loves books. Come see us.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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