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In Dubious Battle
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth/gilt. First UK edition. Cloth has evidence of dampstain due to its two-toned appearance, and the gilt is dulled. Scattered foxing primarily to block edges and prelims, and some dampstains to endpage edges. Bookstore ticket to front pastedown. Unmarked, tight and square. The DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn, lightly soiled, rubbed to joints, and slightly foxed. May be 2nd issue DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
In Dubious Battle is a novel by John Steinbeck, written in 1936. The central figure of the story is an activist for "the Party" (the American Communist Party, although it is never specifically named in the novel) who is organizing a major strike by the workers, seeking thus to attract followers to his cause. In Steinbeck's obituary, the New York Times said that "Although the writer's sympathies were clearly with the strikers...
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32452
- Title
- In Dubious Battle
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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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