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Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
by Emma Straub
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594488452
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488450
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
Item Price
$44.99$40.49
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About This Item
Burgundy boards with purple writing on spine; author's initials outlined in embossed purple box on front board. Top of book spine rumpled; bottom of book spine slightly rumpled. Slight shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; cover price of $26.95 on front dust jacket flap. Book has overall tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.
Riverhead Books First Edition, First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page. Author's signature and drawn heart, along with printed name being lined through, on title page.
Straub's second novel that's described as having a "[a]mbitious and richly imagined". Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
Synopsis
A Bookpage Best Books of 2012 pick “At once a delicious depiction of Hollywood’s golden age and a sweet, fulfilling story about one woman’s journey through fame, love, and loss.”— Boston Globe In 1920, Elsa Emerson is born to the owners of the Cherry County Playhouse in Door County, Wisconsin. Elsa relishes appearing onstage, where she soaks up the approval of her father and the embrace of the audience. But when tragedy strikes her family, her acting becomes more than a child’s game of pretend. While still in her teens, Elsa marries and flees to Los Angeles. There she is discovered by Hollywood mogul Irving Green, who refashions her as an exotic brunette screen siren and renames her Laura Lamont. But fame has its costs, and while Laura tries to balance career, family, and personal happiness, she realizes that Elsa Emerson might not be gone completely. Ambitious and richly imagined, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures is as intimate—and as bigger-than-life—as the great films of the golden age of Hollywood.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sherlock Joe's Book Hunting
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ESTRAUB003
- Title
- Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
- Author
- Emma Straub
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594488452
- ISBN 13
- 9781594488450
- Publisher
- Riverhead Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 2012-09-04
- Pages
- 306
- Keywords
- emma straub; laura lamonts life in pictures; signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Signed / Inscribed;
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I focus on modern first edition, first printings, but have been lately finding first editions, later printings of older novels in my inventory. I'm also highlighting a lot of signed books that I've found.
I will also gladly search for and offer well-priced books of all kinds. If there's something you'd love to have, either send me a message here or go to https://cases.sherlockjoes.com and Open a Case!
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