Dark Star
by Moon, Lorna
Originally published in 1929, and subsequently banned in her hometown of Strichen, Scotland, Lorna Moon's novel Dark Star was considered too racy, and hitting too close to home for the small town neighbors who saw themselves in her writings.
Dark Star, like it's author, was ahead of it's time. The story is about Nancy, a young girl from a rural Scottish village with extreme fantasies of romance and high lineage. It explores the social structures, sexual interactions, and the hypocracy that surrounds each small village.
This book was the author's first, and is the basis for the George Hill film Min and Bill.
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Dark Star
by MOON, Lorna
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$2,475.90
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight crease on the spine else fine in a nice, very good plus, spine-faded dustwrapper with some rubbing at the extremities. The author's first book, basis for the George Hill film *Min and Bill*, with a screenplay by Frances Marion and Marion Jackson and featuring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Star
by MOON, Lorna
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$2,063.25
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Corners rubbed, else a very good or better copy lacking the dustwrapper. Copy number 11 of 100 numbered copies Signed by the author, as well as additionally Signed on the limitation page by actress Mary Pickford, and by the book's dedicatee, Frances Marion. Author's first book, basis for the George… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Star
by Lorna Moon
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- First edition
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- 1929
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St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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NZ$825.30
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First edition. vg/g. octavo 343pp A very good copy in good dust jacket. This is the SIGNED limited numbered edition, signed by Lorna Moon. Jacket shows wear with some creases and and small pieces missing from bottom of spine and corners. Also jacket shows some chipping at top of spine. The book shows one inch… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Star
by Moon, Lorna
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- Used - Good Plus
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
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NZ$589.26
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. Inscribed by author on first end paper, hinge cracked at half title page, side edge papers foxed, occasional spots and stains, photos available.
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Dark Star
by Moon, Lorna
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Johannesburg, ZAF
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NZ$90.78
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Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 288 pages (complete). A comfortable copy. This was Moon's first major success. However, the downside was that the book was banned in her birth-town of Strichen, in Aberdeenshire where it was thought the character were too closely aligned to the inhabitants! The boards… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Star
by Lorna Moon
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Flemington, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$1,642.35
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Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce Book.First Edition.Fine copy in a very good jacket. $2.50 on bottom flap. Faded at Spine.1 inch tear front panel. Nice copy. Movie of the Same.Excellent Copy.. Item Price
NZ$1,642.35
Dark Star (SIGNED / Limited)
by Moon, Lorna
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- Very Good
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- Limited Edition
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- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Burbank, California, USA
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NZ$825.30
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Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Company , 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed/Limited. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark Star Limited Edition Autographed by author in pen on the second page. This is copy number 429. The book has the previous owner's names in pencil on the first page. The jacket has some surface wear and small tears… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark star,
by Moon, Lorna
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1929-01-01
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- Hardcover
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Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA
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NZ$2,063.60
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The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Contents are tight; inscription with hand written poem on ffep; some soiling to lower corner; dust jacket shows some chipping/tears to ends of spine; PICTURE UPON REQUEST!; Hard Cover; Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc.; 1929; 0 Item Price
NZ$2,063.60
Dark Star
by Moon, Lorna
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- Used - Fair Minus
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- No Jacket
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- 1st
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
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Barstow, California, USA
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NZ$57.77
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. "First Edition" stated on coyright page - top edge stained red - no jacket - A used copy no markings but obvious cover wear and overall age-tones to paper. The first is very scarce and desireable in any condition. . Fair Minus. Hardcover. 1st. 1929. Item Price
NZ$57.77
Dark star,
by Moon, Lorna
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- Used - Good
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- 1929-01-01
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- Hardcover
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Simi Valley, California, USA
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NZ$990.36
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The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1929-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Copy 67 of 100, signed by Lorna Moon on the limitation page. Also signed by actress and screenwriter Mary Pickford and screenwriter and director Frances Marion on the limitation page. Lacking dust jacket. Cover shows minor wear and tanning. newspaper clipping portrait of Moon affixed to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dark Star
by Moon, Lorna
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- ISBN
- 9780907301028
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Dunfermline, Fife, GBR
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NZ$92.48
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Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Item Price
NZ$92.48
