SHOW BOAT.
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
GARDEN CITY: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. One of 1000 copies specially prepared by the publisher in deep blue, orange & yellow checker patterned boards, with deep blue quarter cloth & gilt titles, without dust jacket as issued. Near fine, with traces of rubbing to bottom tips & adjacent edges of boards. Lovely example of an issue which seldom turns-up in superb condition. The classic Broadway musical which set the tone for all that followed. (O) .
Synopsis
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her bestselling novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big , Show Boat , Giant , and Cimarron . She died in 1968.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Waverley Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22742
- Title
- SHOW BOAT.
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
- Place of Publication
- GARDEN CITY
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Broadway Musicals/show Boat/edna Ferber/limited Editions/206
- Bookseller catalogs
- List206;
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Santa Monica, California
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Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...