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The Magnificent Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Hudson, Florida, United States
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About This Item
1918 on main title page and copyright page(a)issue points(Merle Johnson 4th Ed-pg490),(b).white paper vs. mixed or Cheaper paper.(c)measuring 1 1/8 inch across instead of the 1 inch of the cheap stuff...TRUE 1st EDITION 1st State(printing)..laid in and ready to be glued there A SIGNED PAGE tight,maybe read once.The covers are MEDIUM redish brown(not red or dk brown),the trick to 1st state of the book is the measurement across the end pages,covers can be between light brown and maroon or dark brown. The Spine ends do have wear,because they are bruised(not bumped) the cloth has been rubbed to start fraying 1 small spot, Covers are lightly soiled,and very lightly rubbed,the lettering is black and very readable,LIGHT FOXING.NO Dustjacket or the price would be 25 times this price.
Synopsis
Booth Tarkington’s The Magnificent Ambersons is the second novel in the Growth trilogy, which includes The Turmoil (1915) and The Midlander (1923, retitled National Avenue in 1927). The novel and trilogy trace the growth of the United States through the declining fortunes of three generations of the aristocratic Amberson family in an upscale neighborhood, inspired by Tarkington's hometown of Indianapolis and the neighborhood he once lived in, Woodruff Place. Set between the end of the Civil War and the early part of the 20th century, a period of rapid industrialization and socio-economic change in America, the decline of the Ambersons is contrasted with the rising fortunes of industrial tycoons and other new-money families, who derived power not from family names but by action. The Magnificent Ambersons won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize for novel and is ranked 99th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1942, Orson Welles directed a film version, also titled The Magnificent Ambersons.
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- Bookseller
- Pulitzer Prize Books.com
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p187
- Title
- The Magnificent Ambersons
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Illustrator
- Arthur William Brown
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Pulitzer Winner
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Hudson, Florida
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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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