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Rambling Kid
by Ashleigh, Charles
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1930. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. 313pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered spine. Very Good+ with sunned spine, light soiling to cloth and minor wear to extremities. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Light foxing to front and rear endpapers, contents bright. Lacking jacket.
A scarce autobiographical novel of life on the road, not printed in the US until the 21st century. The author was an English labor activist, writer, and translator who became prominent in the American anarchist organization the I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World) and later the Communist Party of Great Britain. Also he was romantically linked with the Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay on and off throughout the 1910s and '20s.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140945891
- Title
- Rambling Kid
- Author
- Ashleigh, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- IWW, Industrial Workers of the World, LGBTQ, Novel, Literature, hobo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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