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SOMETHING OF VALUE Hardback - 1955

by Ruark, Robert

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG/G+. FIRST EDITION. Garden City: Doubleday, 1955. Hardcover, Very good/Good Plus. STATED FIRST EDITION on copyright page. Light age-tanning to inside of jacket. Small-ish chips and two tape repairs to edges of jacket. Mild wear to book edges and corners but not bumped, spinecaps lightly folded, binding is just a bit loose but still solid. Light acid transfer to FFEP from DJ. Black title to DJ. Yellow and orange lettering of author. DJ illustrated with blades of grass. White lettering and orangeish illustration on black cloth-covered spine. No markings. Clean. 566 pp. Set in Africa, this novel is based on the old Basuto proverb, "If a man throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them."
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  • Title SOMETHING OF VALUE
  • Author Ruark, Robert
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - VG
  • Publisher Doubleday, Garden City
  • Publication date 1955
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 74060
  • Quantity available 1

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