THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS; A Treasury of Booth Tarkington edited by John Beecroft / Illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. John Alan Maxwell. 8vo, green-blue cloth, profusely illustrated with jacket painting, full color plates, and B&W drawings by John Alan Maxwell, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Maxwell, top edge green for dust protection, 732 pages. Contains three complete novels Alice Adams, Penrod, & The Magnificent Ambersons plus various delightful episodes and other stories. Internally bright, solid, clean text. A few chips and light rubbing to extremities of dj.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1732
- Title
- THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANAPOLIS; A Treasury of Booth Tarkington edited by John Beecroft / Illustrated by John Alan Maxwell
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Illustrator
- John Alan Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Indiana, middle class, wealth, illustrated, America, Midwest, Indiana, farmers, bankers
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...