A Man's Woman
by Frank Norris
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1900. Very Good. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1900. First Edition, first printing with cancel title page, "...of the bone pro-" ending p. 64 and "truding. While Lloyd..." at top of p. 65. Octavo; publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in white and gilt; [6],286pp. Light rubbing to cloth margins, spine lettering a bit dulled, faint soil to textblock fore-edge, else Very Good and sound.
Adventure novel set during an expedition to the North Pole during which the leader of the expedition and the accompanying nurse fall in love while the men of his expedition die slow, terrible deaths. Norris was frustrated to discover after the plates for this first edition were set that the title had already been used and copyrighted for a play by Mrs. Crawford Flexner but it was too late to change.
[BAL 15034; McElrath A5.1.a].
Adventure novel set during an expedition to the North Pole during which the leader of the expedition and the accompanying nurse fall in love while the men of his expedition die slow, terrible deaths. Norris was frustrated to discover after the plates for this first edition were set that the title had already been used and copyrighted for a play by Mrs. Crawford Flexner but it was too late to change.
[BAL 15034; McElrath A5.1.a].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29425
- Title
- A Man's Woman
- Author
- Frank Norris
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & McClure Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1900
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Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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