Blueprint of a Dream
by Townsend, Olga
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States
Item Price
$49.95$34.97
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About This Item
New York: Whittlesey House. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Light cock, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 3" tear rear cover, small edge tears with chipping, rubbed, price clip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Romance, mystery and architecture mix in this light-weight novel for girls. Hope Blair, soon to begin studies in architecture in New York, hoping to follow in the footsteps of her architect father, had been friends with Breck Goddard, now studying at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia. However, when the Blairs move to a yawl called the Gull while Mr. Blair's new apartment building on Riverside Drive is under completion, Hope meets Ron Colby on his schooner, and finds him unusually attractive." Architecture and sailing were major parts of the author's own life. Uncommon first novel, in dust jacket.; 224 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike's Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14528
- Title
- Blueprint of a Dream
- Author
- Townsend, Olga
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Whittlesey House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Romance Novel - Juvenile, Architecture - Fiction, Sailing - Fiction, First Novel, Smuggling - Fiction
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike's Library
Biblio member since 2006
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
About Mike's Library
Mike\'s Library is an on-line, general line used and rare bookstore situated in the historic Pocono Northeast, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. Since 1995, Mike\'s Library has offered carefully selected used and rare books. Our roving eye focuses on uncommon and significant works in many fields, with strengths in history, business & economics, social sciences, medicine, science and technology. Please contact us with any questions: 570-822-7585 or info@mikeslibrary.com. Thanks! We offer carefully chosen books at reasonable prices. Our grading follows the AB standards; we err conservatively. Our books are bubble-wrapped and securely packed. We hope you will enjoy our constantly changing offerings! Thank you.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...