NO MEAN CITY
by Strunsky, Simeon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1944. First edition. Octavo. 285 pp. Original blue cloth, no jacket. VG, former owner name on front free endpaper, spine lightly faded, front pastedown tanned. Simeon Strunsky (1879-1948), a Russian-born essayist, was on the staff of the New York Evening Post and then the New York Times. His most notable contributions to the Times were his editorial-page essays titled "Topics of the Times." His columns also appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Bookman, Collier's, and Harper's Weekly.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011505
- Title
- NO MEAN CITY
- Author
- Strunsky, Simeon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- New York City History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
Terms of Sale
Carnegie Hill Books
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Carnegie Hill Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- New
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- Jacket
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- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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