High Priest of California / Wild Wives
by Willeford Charles
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust jacket
- Seller
-
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1953. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Paperback Original. Size: 4.25" x 7". 190 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Beacon B130) Paperback Original. First publication of "Wild Wives" ("High Priest..." Was originally published as a digest). Double novel. Good Girl GGA painted cover. Willeford misspelled as "Williford" on front cover but correct on title page. Cover copy reads: "No Woman Could Resist His Strange Cult of Lechery!...A Hard guy suckered by a cute little juvenile delinquent -- and by one not so juvenile!" / Cover attractive but with a 2" long (and up to 1/2" deep) nibbled strip from fore-edge of cover and a bit more nibbling to upper corner of back cover and corner of text block. Binding slightly cocked but solid. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; 1950s; Inventory No: 024104. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; 1950s; Charles Willeford High Priest of California / Wild Wives
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hang Fire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024104
- Title
- High Priest of California / Wild Wives
- Author
- Willeford Charles
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks / Mystery;
Terms of Sale
Hang Fire Books
Returns accepted within thirty days IN SAME CONDITION. Refund initiated on receipt and inspection of returned item.
About the Seller
Hang Fire Books
Biblio member since 2005
Brooklyn, New York
About Hang Fire Books
Hang Fire Books specializes in vintage paperbacks and pulp fiction but carries a wide selection of rare and OP titles. We're based in Brooklyn, New York. Private viewings can be arranged by appointment.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...