Beauty and Nick
by Gibbs, Philip
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Missing
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Devin-Adair Company, 1921-01-01. Later printing. Hardcover. Good/Missing. From the private collection of prominent Oregon lawyer Glenn R. Jack with his signature on front & rear endpaper. Minor shelf wear to binding With bumps, scuffs & softening to tail of spine. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block & several pages throughout. Light waviness to several pages.
Reviews
On Jan 18 2021, a reader said:
The protagonist is the young boy, Nick, and the story is told through his eyes, from toddler to adulthood. 'Beauty' is his name for his mother who is a stage actress.
As a young child Nick held his mother up as a beautiful saint and could tolerate no bad word being said about her. But her life was not all good. Eventually Nick's father and mother divorce, Nick's father is given custody and they move from London to a village on the coast.
He has a happy childhood with his new neighbors and friends but always at the back of his mind is his longing for his mother. So when he grows up and moves to London he searches for her until he finds her.
But not all things that are lost are worth finding, and in discovering this he almost loses everything worth having.
At the crux of this novel is the love between father and son. And how women, the wrong type, can ruin a man.
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPgibBAN
- Title
- Beauty and Nick
- Author
- Gibbs, Philip
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Missing
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Publisher
- The Devin-Adair Company
- Date Published
- 1921-01-01
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
A Brief History of the Dust Jacket
When did dust jackets first appear, and what exactly are they for? Learn about this often-important detail as it applies to book collecting. More...
Collecting Banned & Challenged Books
Build a revolutionary library of literature that has been challenged or even outright banned. You’ll be surprised by some of the titles in this gallery!
