The Romantic Comedians
by GLASGOW, Ellen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1926. First Edition. First printing, with line drawing in orange on t.p. and "First edition" on copyright page. Octavo (20cm). Light mauve ribbed cloth, blindstamped, titled on white spine label, pink topstain, with original dust jacket; two-color pictorial endpapers; [vi],346pp; list of titles facing t.p. Straight and fresh, head and tail pushed, minor discoloration to spine and small spotting to front board: Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced $2.50), spine faded, large losses at base of spine and front corner, smaller chips at head, some foxing: just Good. Critically acclaimed comedic novel by a Pultizer Prize-winning Virginia author, eventually a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. KELLY pp66-67.
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Details
- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 56855
- Title
- The Romantic Comedians
- Author
- GLASGOW, Ellen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women; The South;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.