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Penhally [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN]
by GORDON, Caroline
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Woodstock, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First Edition. Carl W. Bertsch dustjacket art. Southern author's first novel. "The talented wife of Allen Tate has built this novel upon the vicissitudes of a house and family during one century of American life. As the tide of the Civil War rolls over the old mansion, two cousins, representing the opposing family groups, are rivals for the same girl. Lee's surrender finds the family sadly shattered but the mansion unchanged. Then, in the rise of the New South, the family's final destiny unfolds". This copy nicely signed and inscribed by Gordon to her cousin Alice Lee in 1931 at front endpaper. Very Good, some spotting to cloth, in Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top spine end, some clear tape at spine ends and flap corners, modest wear and darkening
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Details
- Bookseller
- Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37731
- Title
- Penhally [SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO AUTHOR'S COUSIN]
- Author
- GORDON, Caroline
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00
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About Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
For the past many years this firm has strived to provide a large, high quality, and diverse collection of mostly fiction published primarily before the Second World War and with their original dustjackets. Our specialties include Photoplay Editions, Mysteries, Fantasy Literature, Plays, Romances, Westerns, Hollywood Interest, and Business Fiction. We also have a large collection of Cocktail Recipe Books, Children's Literature and 19th Century Literature. We pride ourselves on providing accurately described, high grade, and difficult to locate titles in these fiction genres.
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