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The Dream Merchants
by Robbins, Harold
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Robbins on the front endpaper. Good in a Very Good George Salter jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed and creased, soiled at the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the spine, stained at the edges of the boards, some spots rubbed through. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Robbins' novel about people in the early filmmaking industry who "were not prepared to become tycoons of a giant new industry.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10263
- Title
- The Dream Merchants
- Author
- Robbins, Harold
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- American Literature, Modern Literature, Film, Movies, 1920s, Silent Films, Roaring Twenties, Arcade, Circus, Carnival
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Inscribed
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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