Billy Bathgate
by E. L. Doctorow
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1989. 2nd Printing. Very Good/Very Good. First trade edition, second printing based on number line. In original, unclipped, jacket. Minor rubbing to the jacket. Bound in brown cloth over boards with gilded facsimile signature on front and gilded lettering on the spine. Minor spotting to cloth (very light); otherwise solid and square. A smudge on the long edge. The interior is clean and clear.
Pages: (8) 323 (1) Dimensions: 9½ x 6½ x 1¼ .
Pages: (8) 323 (1) Dimensions: 9½ x 6½ x 1¼ .
Synopsis
Billy Bathgate is a 1989 novel by author E. L. Doctorow that won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle award for fiction for 1990 and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was the runner up for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize . The story is told in the first person by Billy "Bathgate" Behan, a fifteen-year-old boy who first becomes the gofer and then surrogate son of mobster Dutch Schultz.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5450
- Title
- Billy Bathgate
- Author
- E. L. Doctorow
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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About the Seller
John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
About John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
I love books. Always an eager reader, I started collecting Antiquarian books while a teenager and studying history. Flash forward a couple of decades and I am excited to open a new all-digital bookstore to continue my love of books, while bringing desired books to readers, collectors, and other sellers. From Post-Incunables to modern First Editions, I will be regularly adding new stock.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...