Flashing Spikes
by O'Rourke, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grosset & Dunlap; (1948). First Thus . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Reprint of the A. S. Barnes original edition in the same year. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. A little minor wear to the "blue tweed" boards. The jacket has a few closed tears and some rubbing, with one small chip at the heel of the spine. A title in G&D's "Famous Sports Stories" listed on the rear panel of the jacket. A clean, tight copy with no names or other markings in the book
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020492
- Title
- Flashing Spikes
- Author
- O'Rourke, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap; (1948)
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball (fiction);
Terms of Sale
Tulsa Books
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About the Seller
Tulsa Books
Biblio member since 2008
Tulsa, Oklahoma
About Tulsa Books
Internet only bookseller specializing in modern first editions, signed books, western americana, and general interest out of print books.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.