QUO VADIS.
by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND (1951). Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Photoplay Edition. Near fine in a Vg. + dust jacket. With the uncommon pictorial wraparound band present. (Slim 1"-inch damp stain at edge of rear end-paper. Mild bump to head of spine on cloth. 1"-inch chip at head of spine on DJ. Affects half the "Q" in "Quo." The wraparound band is fine but for a trivial chip which does not affect the pictorial content) The band has four separate scenes depicted from the MGM film production starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr. Pale green card SIGNED by actor Robert Taylor mounted on plain white index card laid-in loosely. Accompanying the book is a near fine booklet titled "The Story behind Quo Vadis" in stapled pictorial printed wrappers which is illustrated with photos from the MGM technicolor epic film. A splendid medley of related material. ; 5 3/4" x 8 1/2"; 422 pages .
Reviews
On May 18 2021, a reader said:
I received this book as a gift for my 18th birthday in 1955. The title, age and not liking to read, I filed it. When I did pick it up in n my 30's and read it it became one of my favorite reads.
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- Bookseller
- Waverley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14876
- Title
- QUO VADIS.
- Author
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- GROSSET & DUNLAP. NY ND (1951)
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Photoplay Editins/hollywood & Cinema/197
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Santa Monica, California
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
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- VG
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- ND
- no publisher's date given
- Laid-in
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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