Merely Colossal: the Story of the Movies from the Long Chase to the Chaise Lounge
by Mayer, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon And Schuster. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. Second Printing. Hardcover. VG slipcase. Book small spot top right corner front cover. DJ minor edgewear, small blue dot rear panel. ; 8vo, brown cloth spine with gilt lettering on black labels, light green boards, top edge pages tinted black, DJ, dark blue slipcase, 264pp. (uncut) , Cast of Characters (index) . Illustrated with b&w cartoons by George Price. This copy is both INSCRIBED and SIGNED by AUTHOR ffep. ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2248
- Title
- Merely Colossal: the Story of the Movies from the Long Chase to the Chaise Lounge
- Author
- Mayer, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Publisher
- Simon And Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- MOVIES, FILM, CINEMA, BIOGRAPHY, ARTHUR, MAYER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film / History;
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- VG
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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