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U.S.A. [trilogy]: The 42nd Parallel, Nineteen Nineteen & The Big Money (Modern Library Giant #G44.1)
by Dos PASSOS, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. [c.1954]. Hardcover. A hefty Modern Library reprint edition offering the three novels by John Dos Passos, collectively known as "U.S.A." (trilogy) in a single volume and first published together in 1938. The works are notable, among other things, for being written from multiple perspectives. --- In Toledano spine G5 / rust cloth / gilt titling & ML torchbearer on black cover & spine blocks / black topstain / blank GA endpapers / jacket style Gd / verso advertises 371 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1937 date appears in book). ML #G44.1. --- Loosened front and rear hinges have been repaired on this item; with chafing to cloth at spine ends and mild age-toning to leaves, else an unmarked, sound copy. Fair-only, unpriced dust jacket with numerous tears and chips, detached (but present) rear flap & nearly detached front flap; otherwise mostly intact, bright and protected in new removable mylar wrapper. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for shipments beyond the U.S.) ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; viii, 415, viii, 473, viii, 561 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88239
- Title
- U.S.A. [trilogy]: The 42nd Parallel, Nineteen Nineteen & The Big Money (Modern Library Giant #G44.1)
- Author
- Dos PASSOS, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1954]
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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