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The Young Idea: A Comedy of Enviroment

The Young Idea: A Comedy of Enviroment

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The Young Idea: A Comedy of Enviroment

by SWINNERTON, Frank

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New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); green cloth titled in green on a black background on the cover and spine; yellow toptain; dustjacket; 296pp.; spine ends gently pushed; Very Good+ or better; The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with chipping and short tears to the extremities; Very Good.

"The suburbs of London where Cockneys look with resolute distaste at the refined oddments in the shops of Piccadilly, is the background for this buoyant, quietly humorous romance of young Hilda, a clerk in a London office and her longing to believe "in the beauty of something." (from the dustjacket).

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Bookseller
Lorne Bair Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
54178
Title
The Young Idea: A Comedy of Enviroment
Author
SWINNERTON, Frank
Book Condition
Used
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First American Edition
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1930
Bookseller catalogs
Modern Fiction; Great Britain;

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Chipping
A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth
"Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Octavo
Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Spine
The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Good+
A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.

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