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A DOUBLE LIFE: Newly Discovered Thrillers of Louisa May Alcott
by Louisa May Alcott
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[LOUISA MAY ALCOTT]. A DOUBLE LIFE. MADELEINE STERN, JOEL MYERSON (EDITORS). PUBLISHER'S REVIEW COPY. Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA., 1988. First Edition, First printing. Condition: Fine. Appears unread, one quarter red cloth over pink boards with publisher's logo stamped on front board, titles in gilt on spine, pages are clean, bright, unmarked and binding tight. Dust Jacket is unclipped with the original price of $17.95 on the first inner flap, protected in Brodart collector plastic sleeve. Publisher's review copy letter laid in. First edition with B&W illustrations, first publishing of previously unpublished gothic mystery pulp fiction stories in book form from a major 19th century author. 246 pgs.
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- Seller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1000-891
- Title
- A DOUBLE LIFE
- Author
- Louisa May Alcott
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 246
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Louisa May Alcott, gothic pulp fiction, 19th Century, Review Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pulp Fiction; Mystery / Crime Detective;
Terms of Sale
Astro Trader Books
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
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