Hope of Heaven
by John O'Hara
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-012: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harcourt, Brace and Company. 1938. 182 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (chip present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the reverse of the front board. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A charming little doomed romance from the 1930's, John O'hara's prime. A world weary screen-writer of only limited success in his mid-thirties is in love with an idealistic young woman in her twenties who is only passingly interested in him. When her long estranged father comes to LA on business, tragedy ensues. E-12; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 182 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53443
- Title
- Hope of Heaven
- Author
- John O'Hara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- E-012
- Date Published
- 1938
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Last Exit Books
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- Cloth
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