Government
by TRAVEN, B
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1935. First UK Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.25cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; 355pp, [1]. Cloth mottled, with spine heavily sunned, though gilt still legible; topstain slightly dusty, with light scattered soil to pastedowns and endpapers, and wrinkling to a few terminal pages; Very Good. The edgeworn dustjacket is unclipped, heavily sunned at spine, with a bit of even toning and soil to panels, chipping to spine ends, and a stray ink mark to front panel; Very Good only. Traven's fourth book published in English, and the second novel in his Mahogany series. "It describes the system of debt-slavery, abuses, and corruption under the reign of Mexico's president Porfirio Diaz." The novel did not see publication in the U.S. until 1971, and remains one of Traven's scarcest English language titles in dustjacket. TREVERTON 662.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17819
- Title
- Government
- Author
- TRAVEN, B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...