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Rumbin Galleries (Association Copy)
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. , 1937. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"For Mrs. Elkan Silberman with the best wishes and heartiest sympathy of Booth Tarkington 'Everything comes to him who waits.' Philadelphia, May 10, 1938". Booth Tarkington was quite knowledgeable about antiques and art, serving as a trustee of the John Herron Art Museum, and for years he corresponded with his favorite New York antique dealers, Elkan and Abris Silberman. He used the brothers as the basis for "Rumbin Galleries". A Very Good copy, lacking the dust jacket, spine darkened, cloth soiled with small tears at spine ends. A quite nice Tarkington Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Association Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008644
- Title
- Rumbin Galleries (Association Copy)
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Jacket
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- First Edition
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