Search Results: a peculiar treasure by ferber edna

dd 1960 Ex-Lib CONDITION: worn.

NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc. VG+ in Fair DJ. 1939. 1st ed ss. 1st ed after the ptg of a limited de luxe edition of 351 copies. DJ chipped, tears. .

Lancer Books. New York: Lancer Books, Inc. , 1962 first edition . 73-401 near fine paperback,

NY: The Literary Guild Of America, 1939 Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. First Edition. Major Publisher. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spine is worn near the top but still pretty solid. Has some age toning but the interior of the book is in great shape with photo illustrations. Has a name and date inked inside the front cover. A very good reading copy..

Engaging autobiography of author of novels -- many of which became popular motion pictures -- such as Cimarron, Show Boat, and more. Residue of bookplate removed from inside cover; discoloration along hinges; price in colored pencil; owner's name lightly penciled; dj tattered along top and spine. No marks in text.

Doubleday, Doran & Co Ltd, New York, 1939. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. With black-and-white frontispiece, and 15 other pages of black-and-white photography. Original dark blue boards with a monogram of the author on the front board, untrimmed front edge of text block, top edge tinted blue (somewhat faded), with a slight bumping of the corners, previous owner's bookplate on front end page. There is a horizontal tear to the top back strip edge – please see photograph. The author who wrote among other books "Showboat" offers her biography from the age of 12 through to the year 1939." It has been my privilege, then, to have been a human being on the planet Earth; and to have been an American, a Jew. A lovely life I have found it, and thank you, Sir. So come Revolution! Come Hitler! Come Death! Even though you win -- you lose." Page 398. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Literary Guild, 1939. hardcover. good: wear/soiling to top of boards, name on front paste down, name and marking on rear paste down, toning and offset on paste downs and endpapers, text clean, binding tight./fair: significant tearing and chipping with some loss.. 8vo 398pp. from front flap: "In this autobiography the author of Show Boat, So BIg, Cimarron and other great American novels tells her greatest and most dramatic story. "The soul-baring school of autobiography," writes Edna Ferber, "is more embarrassing for the reader than the writer. . . . This, then, isn't a story of my life, written because I am fatuous enough to think that anyone is interested. . . . .It is the story of an American Jewish family in the past half-century, and as such is really a story about America which I know and love." #00952.

The Literary Guild of America, 1939-01-01. Hardcover. Good. book has edge wear on spine & edges. pages has rough front edge and Pages are tan and not crisp white. stain on the inside cover pages from age.

Cleveland / New York: World Publishing Company, 1947. 398 pp. B/w photographs. . Hard Cover. Book good.

Lancer Books, 1966. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Lancer Books, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Crowell, 1938. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. John Gannam, illustrator. Near fine in original wrappers with light rubbing, one short tear and a rubber stamp. Complete issue.

New York: Crowell, 1938. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. John Gannam, illustrator. Near fine in original wrappers with light rubbing, one short tear and a rubber stamp. Complete issue.

New York: Crowell, 1939. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. John Gannam, illustrator. Near fine in original wrappers with light rubbing. Complete issue.

New York: Doubleday Doran. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good- in boards. Some wear to boards. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

CollectibleAcceptable. 1939 printing w/ worn bind & orange boards. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. There is light highlighting or handwriting throughout the book. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing There is some crinkling to some of the pages possibly from water The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy Some foxing on the edges There is staining on the text block edges This is a ex library book, stickers and markings accordingly. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

New York: Literary Guild. 1939. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges. .

New York: Literary Guild. 1939. 1st Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 corners clipped. Multiple tears throughout jacket. Edge wear on front gutter. Bumping at bottom of rear panel. .

New York: Literary Guild. 1939. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped. Owner name on front pastedown. Rubbing, open tearing along panel edges. .

THE LITERARY GUILD OF AMERICA INC, 1939. Hard cover. Good in fair dust jacket. A Peculiar Treasure Ferber, Edna-COPYRIGHT 1939-PUBLISHED BY THE LITERARY GUILD OF AMERICA INC-HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-DJ FAIR HAS SOME EDGE WEAR-398 PAGES A Peculiar Treasure is an autobiography by American... 398 p. A Peculiar Treasure Ferber, Edna-COPYRIGHT 1939-PUBLISHED BY THE LITERARY GUILD OF AMERICA INC-HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-DJ FAIR HAS SOME EDGE WEAR-398 PAGES A Peculiar Treasure is an autobiography by American author Edna Ferber. A Peculiar Treasure Ferber, Edna-COPYRIGHT 1939-PUBLISHED BY THE LITERARY GUILD OF AMERICA INC-HARDCOVER IN DUST JACKET CONDITION GOOD-DJ FAIR HAS SOME EDGE WEAR-398 PAGES A Peculiar Treasure is an autobiography by American author Edna Ferber. The book was first published in 1938 by Doubleday, Doran, & Co. at 398 pages long. The book is Ferber's first autobiography, and recounts her small-town, Midwest childhood, and her subsequent rise to… Read More