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Pulpwood Editor
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Harold Brainerd Hersey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremities faded, sunned to spine, end papers lightly soiled, pages toned, dust jacket lightly soiled with fold wear, chipped w
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Extremities faded, sunned to spine, end papers lightly soiled, pages toned, dust jacket lightly soiled with fold wear, chipped with areas of loss not affecting titles, few small punctures including one affecting "Pulp-" on spine. Very good. LMM-166.
Harold Brainerd Hersey. Pulpwood Editor: The Fabulous World of the Thriller Magazines Revealed by a Veteran Editor and Publisher. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First edition.
Pencil signed by Larry McMurtry and dated 1970.
Octavo. 301pp, indexed. Publisher's green cloth over boards, stamped in gilt to spine, yellow end papers, original unclipped dust jacket showing list price of $3.00.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 166
- Title
- Pulpwood Editor
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Harold Brainerd Hersey
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities faded, sunned to spine, end papers lightly soiled, pages toned, dust jacket lightly soiled with fold wear, chipped w
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Books on Books, Pulps
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
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- Octavo
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