Gem of the prairie: an informal history of the Chicago underworld.
de ASBURY, Herbert
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- First
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. 8vo. [10], 377, [1], xix, [1] pp. Frontispiece, illustrations (many full page). Quarter-purple cloth over illustrated boards (minor shelfwear, some offsetting from binding glue on endpapers), w/ d.j. (very minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, minor dustsoiling), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this fascinating history of the Chicago Fire, prostitution, gambling, bootlegging, racketeering, and more.
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- Librería
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 52630
- Título
- Gem of the prairie: an informal history of the Chicago underworld.
- Autor
- ASBURY, Herbert
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Alfred A. Knopf,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- 1940.
- Palabras clave
- History, Americana, Criminology, Chicago, Mob, Mafia, Illinois,
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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/VG
- Very Good Condition book with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used book that does show some...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
