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In Lawless Lands
by Finger, Charles J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1924. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author, in original dust jacket. Clean black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, unchipped gold lettering on spine. Tiny bit of slight fading at top and bottom spine edges, no fraying or wear (tiny bump to one corner tip). Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Cornelius Greenaway, hoping he'll not be led to emulate the doings of some of the people herein depicted - Chas. J. Finger." Endpapers otherwise clean, no other markings, except for slight offset (browning) to rear endpapers from (enclosed) author's newspaper obituary. 292 pages. Dustjacket is not clipped (Two Dollars and Fifty Cents appears on spine), has very shallow chipping at top spine edge and at lower right corner of front panel, light soiling, small piece of square tape near base of spine with faint "A" on it. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021172
- Title
- In Lawless Lands
- Author
- Finger, Charles J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Mitchell Kennerley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, CHARLES J. FINGER, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, OLD DUST JACKETS 1920S
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; SIGNED Editions;
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