The Snow Goose. [Twenty-Sixth Impression.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
by GALLICO Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Michael Joseph,, [1952]. 8vo., Twenty-Sixth Impression, text in blue and black; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Crisp, clean copy of the author's most famous work. Published six months after the first edition.
Synopsis
Paul Gallico was born in New York in 1892. He became a minor celebrity as a sports writer and then began writing short stories for magazines. Gallico went on to write many more short stories and novels, including The Poseidon Adventure in 1969. He died in 1976.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46029
- Title
- The Snow Goose. [Twenty-Sixth Impression.] SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
- Author
- GALLICO Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph,
- Date Published
- [1952]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, gallico, paul gallico
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