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New York: Horace Liveright, Inc, 1931. H. Good.
Half a Loaf by Lewis, Grace Hegger - 1931
by Lewis, Grace Hegger
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Half a Loaf
by Lewis, Grace Hegger
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- Hardcover
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NY: Horace Liveright. Very Good. 1931. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Fuchsia cloth titled in gilt over black. Stated 2nd printing. Inscribed to ffep by Lewis, the wife of author Sinclair Lewis, with date. Spine toned, mild spotting to rear board, rubbing to gutter, light rubbing to points. Hinge starting near rear of book but pages holding well. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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curtis paul books inc.
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition; Second Printing
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication NY
- Date Published 1931
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Half a Loaf
by Lewis, Grace Hegger
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- good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Good
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Half a Loaf
by Lewis, Grace Hegger
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dj
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- 3rd printing
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- Hardcover
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New York: Horace Liveright, Inc.. Fine in Very Good+ dj. 1931. 3rd printing. Hardcover. (price-clipped) [very nice copy, no significant wear to book; jacket shows just a bit of wear to spine extremities]. The only novel by the then-ex-wife of Sinclair Lewis (they had divorced in 1925 and he had already remarried, to journalist Dorothy Thompson), this book doesn't try very hard (or at all) to put up any kind of a "fictionalized" screen -- the jacket blurb states: "This story of what it means to be a famous author's wife, told by a famous author's former wife, throws a floodlight upon the jangled marriages of today." OK, she at least changes the names -- the husband here is "Timothy Hale" -- but the autobiographical nakedness shines through from the first page, on which we meet the protagonist, who's working as an editor at a magazine called "Fashion." (In real life, Ms. Hegger was an editor at "Vogue.") She got another…
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