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Kid Galahad
by Wallace, Francis
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fair
- Seller
-
Northfield, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1936. Boxing novel with underworld intrigue and a bit of romance. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the edges. End papers foxed. Jacket has been trimmed and laminated to a stiff paper backing in an old style edged protector with the flaps glued to the pastedowns. The entire rear panel, lower edge of the spine and front are covered with a label for "Joe's Bookshop & Library of Albany, NY," partially covering the title on the front. The jacket has yellowed from the glue, the laminate is peeling at the rear spine fold and spine head. "July 17, 1936" stamped on the lower front flap. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D150136
- Title
- Kid Galahad
- Author
- Wallace, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports/Recreation;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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