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The Art of Living
by STEINBERG, Saul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/Good
- Seller
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. Unpaginated. 31 cm. B&w line drawings on each page. Yellow cloth with black print in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Small chips to spine ends and corners. Dampstains to spine. Light shelf wear to jacket edges. Some light soiling to front panel of jacket. Front flap price clipped. Cloth has faint discolouration on front board. Small smudges on both covers.
Tucked inside are two front covers of The New Yorker magazine illustrated by Steinberg, one from Nov. 11 1967 and one from Dec. 4 1971, the latter with an edge tear. Cartoons on 1) The Art of Living, 2) The Important People, 3) The Domestic Animals, 4) The Arts & 5) The Women.
Tucked inside are two front covers of The New Yorker magazine illustrated by Steinberg, one from Nov. 11 1967 and one from Dec. 4 1971, the latter with an edge tear. Cartoons on 1) The Art of Living, 2) The Important People, 3) The Domestic Animals, 4) The Arts & 5) The Women.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Attic Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122826
- Title
- The Art of Living
- Author
- STEINBERG, Saul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Cartoons, The New Yorker, Humour
Terms of Sale
Attic Books
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About the Seller
Attic Books
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London, Ontario
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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