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Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities
by Drimmer, Frederick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG-/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Amjon Publishers, Inc., 1973. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. Explores the strange lives of "human oddities"--people who were formerly called "freaks" & consigned to the circus midway. In 413 pages, with a special 32-page section of photographs in center, & other photographs throughout chapters. A FIRST EDITION, Third Printing from 1973, this hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with black embossed design of conjoined twins on front & black lettering to spine. Condition is VG- (minus): almost completely clean inside except for slight spotting to ffep, which carries over to bottom outside page edges; some light spotting to top outside page edges as well. Binding is tight & square, pages white. The unclipped DJ is VG, with very minor edgewear & a bit of that light spotting to front flap only, a few wrinkles & tiny chips, rubbing to extremities. Beautifully protected in new mylar cover FREE. (We are also offering a less-expensive copy with no DJ; please see our listing #021065). Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017822
- Title
- Very Special People: The Struggles, Loves and Triumphs of Human Oddities
- Author
- Drimmer, Frederick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- Amjon Publishers, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- CIRCUS FREAK DEFORMED STRANGE HUMAN MIDGET SIDESHOW BARNUM DISABILITY DISABLED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Circuses/Amusement Parks/Magic/Magicians; Health & Medicine/Alternative Healing/Illness & Wellness; Cultural Studies/Popular & Folk Culture/Countercultures;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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