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His Family
by Ernest Poole
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good - Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hudson, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1917. ex-library, Book is a 2nd printing of the first edition, soiled covers, blue cloth with gold lettering, still very readable, minor edgewear to the extreme edges and spine ends, former owners bookplate inside front cover, another owners signature on the first leaf in ink dated 1917, 1st title page has an inscription(long one in small area involving the title on that page. black ink number bottom of the copyright page, remnants Day Due page, withdrawn inside rear cover and removed pocket. With all that said it is still a nice book. foxing to the last leaf inside the cover, very tight and square. Hard Cover. Good - Very Good/No Jacket.
Synopsis
His Family is a novel by Ernest Poole published in 1917 about the life of a New York widower and his three daughters in the 1910s. It received the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pulitzer Prize Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p745
- Title
- His Family
- Author
- Ernest Poole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1917
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Pulitzer Prize Books.com
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About the Seller
Pulitzer Prize Books.com
Biblio member since 2005
Hudson, Florida
About Pulitzer Prize Books.com
I am a private collector, mainly Pulitzer Prize winners, but I inherited 1000's of hardcovers and looking to sell them off. I will be relocating in the near future, and need to lighten the load.
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Copyright page
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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