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The Beautiful Lady
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: McClure, Phillips and Co, 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". None. A handsome first edition copy of Booth Tarkington. Illustrated throughout this a lovely example of this charming novella by the highly accolades American author. First edition. A short novel by the important 20th century American author Booth Tarkington. Original publisher in Harper's Magazine, the work was first published book form in 1905. A charming love story, this is a lovely example of Tarkington's early work, with his literature career continuing into the 1940s. An incredibly prolific author, Tarkington is one of very few people to with the Pulitzer Price for Fiction multiple times. Illustrated throughout with a frontispiece and 6 plates. Collated complete. In a publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine and also to the extremities. Light fading to the spine, with a small tide mark to the tail of the rear board. Ink inscription to the front endpaper. Booksellers label to the rear pastedown to the tail. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally clean with the odd spot. Very Good
Synopsis
From the book:Nothing could have been more painful to my sensiti-veness than to occupy myself, confused with blushes, at the center of the whole world as a living advertise-ment of the least amusing ballet in Paris. To be the day's sensation of the boulevards one must possess an eccentricity of appearance conceived by nothing short of genius; and my misfortunes had reduced me to present such to all eyes seeking mirth. It was not that I was one of those people in uniform who carry placards and strange figures upon their backs, nor that my coat was of rags; on the contrary, my whole costume was delicately rich and well chosen, of soft grey and fine linen (such as you see worn by a marquis in the pe'sage at Auteuil) according well with my usual air and countenance, sometimes esteemed to resemble my father's, which were not wanting in distinction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 625C2
- Title
- The Beautiful Lady
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McClure, Phillips and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Beautiful Lady Publisher's cloth Booth Tarkington Illustrated Publisher's cloth
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Cloth
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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- 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....
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