Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1945. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 9997500725 . Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the half title page. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has edge wear, rubbing and several edge tears, along with a couple of sizable chips missing from the spine end and flap joints. "Alice Tisdale Hobart has written a novel of international marriage, with the scene laid in Mexico." "Alice Tisdale Hobart (January 28, 1882 – March 14, 1967) born Alice Nourse in Lockport, New York, was an American novelist. Her most famous book, Oil for the Lamps of China, which was also made into a film, drew heavily on her experiences as the wife of an American oil executive in China amid the turmoil of the overthrow of the Manchu Dynasty in 1912." (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A46012
Title: The Peacock Sheds His Tail
Author: Hobart, Alice Tisdale
Illustrator: Edgard Cirlin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition; 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 9997500725
ISBN 13: 9789997500724
Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill Company
Place of Publication: Indianapolis, IN
Date Published: 1945
Keywords: 9997500725, Modern Fiction First Editions, Alice Tisdale Hobart, Mexico, Signed Editions, Romance, Edgard Cirlin
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction First Editions;

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