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American Beauty
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Book is in fine condition./Dust jacket has shallow chipping at top of spine and several closed tears. Dj spine a little sunned. Overall good plus to very g
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1931. Stated First Edition. 8vo. 8-3/16 x 5-3/4". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Decorative green printed endpapers. 313 pp. Book is in fine condition./Dust jacket has shallow chipping at top of spine and several closed tears. Dj spine a little sunned. Overall good plus to very good.. With woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. This is the circle of a certain phase of American life, American beauty, if you will, that began with magnificent Captain Orrange Oakes in the 1600's and ends with the homecoming of old True Baldwin of Chicago.
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 930
- Title
- American Beauty
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Illustrator
- With woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka
- Format/Binding
- 8vo. 8-3/16 x 5-3/4". Red cloth covered boards stamped in gold. Decorative green printed endpapers. 313 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Book is in fine condition.
- Jacket Condition
- Dust jacket has shallow chipping at top of spine and several closed tears. Dj spine a little sunned. Overall good plus to very g
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
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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...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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