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NY: Dell, 1952. [1st printing, Jan. 1952] #566. Cover art by Sheilah Beckett; illustrated by Roger Duvoisin. Creasing; spine and front nhinge a little soiled with a little stress, or glue-shrink; edgewear; tanning; minor interior soiling.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-.
The Happy Time (First Venture Press Book) by Fontaine, Robert - 1945
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New York: Simon and Schuster A Venture Press Book, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Roger Duvoisin. New York: Simon and Schuster A Venture Press Book, 1945. The story of the goings-on in a two-family house in Ottawa, Canada, in the 1920's. 269 pages. Original dustjacket is chipped and torn along the edges; about one inch of spine bottom is missing; tear from lower spine about 2 inches long into front of dustjacket. Cover shows a man playing the violin while his wife and son watch. Very colourful covers. Front and back flaps have slight creases. Dark blue boards have some bumping to corners and spine tips otherwise very nice with colorful pastedowns on front cover and spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Previous owner has added additional decoration to title page. Interior pages still very clean and bright with a tight binding. Top edge dyed red.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Roger Duvoisin. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Publisher Simon and Schuster A Venture Press Book
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1945
- Keywords FICTION NOVEL LITERATURE STORIES CANADA OTTAWA
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Dell, 1945. First edition thus. . Paperback. Very Good +. Dell # 566. 1945. Near fine with very light wear around the extremities. A nice copy. PB16
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Dell Dell 566. nd (ca 1945). A little puckered, otherwise VG.. Mass Market Paperback. G-VG.
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New York: Dell , 1945. Book. Illus. by Roger Duvoisin. Very Good +. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 6 1/2h x 4 1/4w. A real nice clean 255 page first Dell edition with an arrangement from the author. (stated) Has illustration scattered throughout. From back cover: "All my uncles and also my father love beautiful women." "and I suppose," Miss Grey said savagely, "your Uncle Desmonde is teaching an innocent child to also love beautiful women?" "Yes, Ma'am," I replied calmly. this story was made into a successful Broadway play..
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Pyramid Books, 1968. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Tanning From Age, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy .
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New York: Simon and Schuster, c1945. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Very good condition. 269p
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New York: Dell Publishers, 1945. This 4.5 x 6.5 softcover has 255 pages. Meet this mad, lovable family which loves all beautiful things- good food, good drink, good living - no matter what the neighbors think. Book is in very good condition with lightly tanning pages, light wear and light soil.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Roger Duvoisin.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945 A coming-of -age story of a young boy, the author's first book. Many chapters originally appeared in the The Yale Review, Esquire and the Atlantic Monthly. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, slightly yellowed. Printed on wartime paper. Owner's name and 1945 date on front papers.Black cloth boards are clean, lightly bumped.Paste-on title on front cover is bright, the paste-on which should have been on the spine is missing.. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. Illus. by Duvoisin, Roger.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1945, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Roger Duvoisin. Octavo. hardcover, wear to corners, front hinge starting else VG in gray boards with square paste on. No dj., First Edition. 269 Pages and notes on author. Author's First Book. "The story of the goings-on in a two-family house in 1920's Ottawa, Canada. A book that might have been written by a mischievous Anglo-French Angel. Filled with good food, good drink, wit, love, and as much pain as joy ever needs for seasoning. A warm hearted look at a long ago childhood in Quebec.
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Dell Books. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1952 first edition . 566 very good , reading creases Cover by Sheilah Beckett. paperback
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