Nightmare Alley
by Gresham, William Lindsay
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New American Library , 1948. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Signet P2639. Seventh printing. Very light edge wear to wrapper. Binding is tight with light puckering to spine and isolated rubbing to head. Red-tinted edges show mild fading. Endpapers and leaves are lightly edge toned. Two very small edge tears to FFEP. A well kept copy, scarce in this edition. 222pp. PRIORITY SHIPPING PROVIDED IN THE USA FOR THE PRICE OF MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING.
Synopsis
Nightmare Alley is a novel by William Lindsay Gresham. It is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants- the dark, shadowy world of a second rate carnival filled with hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femme fatales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPgreNA
- Title
- Nightmare Alley
- Author
- Gresham, William Lindsay
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...