The Passing of the Third Floor Back: an idle fancy
by Jerome, Jerome K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st USA edition, no d/j, green boards (some wear and marking) with black clothbound spine, gilt spine titling, text block
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1921. 1st USA. h/b. Good, 1st USA edition, no d/j, green boards (some wear and marking) with black clothbound spine, gilt spine titling, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Loose insert publisher's note for review copy.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). First published in the UK in 1908, Jerome wrote both a short story and this play about the various small-minded inhabitants of a London building and ways they are affected by the arrival of a stranger who works to redeem them. The work was adapted into two films (in 1918 and 1935). The film or play is referenced in Ngaio Marsh's 1941 novel, Death and the Dancing Footman.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132987
- Title
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back: an idle fancy
- Author
- Jerome, Jerome K
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st USA edition, no d/j, green boards (some wear and marking) with black clothbound spine, gilt spine titling, text block
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st USA
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Pages
- 197
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st USA, drama, play, Jerome
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
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- Crisp
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...