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THE PRODIGAL PARENTS
by SINCLAIR LEWIS
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: JONATHAN CAPE, 1938 Pale olive cloth boards with blue blocked titles to spine and front, 200 x 135 mm approx. 286 pp. First Edition 1938. Novel exploring the parent -offspring tensions of an American Family. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. VG/Fair (Book- No notable shelf wear, red wine type splash to bottom corners which has dribbled down bottom edge of book block with a few foxing spots mainly to uncut bottom edge. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - rubbed and chipped mainly to top edges with a few small tears. Max loss - 1 cm approx and max tear 2.5 cm approx. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to which pieces of coloured paper have been inserted to mask the stark white of the backing paper so as not to offend the eye on the bookshelf. Non price clipped cover 7s.6d. Red wine stain to bottom edge of flap folds largest being 5 x 15 mm to bottom margin of rear.No other notable defects to book or jacket)
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 128660
- Title
- THE PRODIGAL PARENTS
- Author
- SINCLAIR LEWIS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- JONATHAN CAPE
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- The Prodigal Parents, Sinclair Lewis, Fiction, Modern First Editions.
Terms of Sale
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