The Tender Men.
by Gibbs, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with green cloth at the spine; owner's name on the front endpaper, one stain on the rear
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1948.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with green cloth at the spine; owner's name on the front endpaper, one stain on the rear boards (about the size of a quarter), otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall) . Description: The presence of the publisher's colophon indicates a first edition. The author's first novel, Tell Your Sons, was an historical novel of the Napoleonic period. This, her second novel is set in San Francisco; the ''tender men'' of the title are Communists.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007694
- Title
- The Tender Men.
- Author
- Gibbs, Willa
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with green cloth at the spine; owner's name on the front endpaper, one stain on the rear
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1948.
- Pages
- 246 pages.
- Size
- small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall
Terms of Sale
The Bookworm
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About the Seller
The Bookworm
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Oroville, California
About The Bookworm
We are a small town bookstore, in the same location for over fifteen years. We strive to maintain a wide selection of books in lower price ranges.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Colophon
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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