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PRESENT INDICATIVE
by Noel Coward
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good-
- Seller
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Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[NOEL COWARD]. PRESENT INDICTATIVE. Doubleday, Doran, and Co., New York, 1937. Second Edition. Second Edition stated on first inner flap of dust jacket. Book Condition: Fine / Near Fine. With publisher's original orange cloth covered boards, author's initials blind stamped on front cover with black and gilt title to spine. Appears unread, light shelf wear, trivial light soiling to cloth boards overall pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good / Good. Unclipped with the original price of $3.00, clipped only on lower first inner flap, light sun to spine, one inch by one inch chip to head of spine else a very nice dust jacket protected in a professional collector plastic sleeve, a very scarce dust jacket in any condition. The definitive 1937 autobiography by Noel Coward with numerous B&W photo illustrations throughout. Cover art by Noel Coward's set designer, Gladys Calthrop. Uncommon Second Edition with scarce dust jacket of the classic autobiography by one of the great playwrights of the 20th Century. 371 pgs. 8vo
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- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-330
- Title
- PRESENT INDICATIVE
- Author
- Noel Coward
- Illustrator
- Gladys Edith Mabel Calthrop
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noel Coward, playwright, theatre, Gladys Calthrop, dust jacket cover art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cinema / Theatre Arts; Biography;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
Astro Trader Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
Biblio member since 2020
Los Angeles , California
About Astro Trader Books
Astro Trader Books was founded in 2010 selling camera manuals, then branched into antiquarian, modern firsts, science fiction, fantasy, horror genres and pulp fiction.
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