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Spangled Unicorn: An Anthology by Noel Coward
by Noel Coward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, New York, 1933. A Satirical Anthology. American 1st/1st. VG/G. Stated First Edition with no other printings listed. Book is tight and square with solid hinges. Mild soiling to green boards. Soiling to top fore-edges near spine. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($1.50) and Good. Moderate soiling and wear to tips and spine ends. Protected in a new Brodart cover. This "anthology" by Noel Coward presents deadly parodies of august poets. It contains brief biographies, selections of poems by made-up poets and each accompanied by a hilarious black & white portrait.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2550
- Title
- Spangled Unicorn
- Author
- Noel Coward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition / First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1933
- Weight
- 3.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions;
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About the Seller
Armadillo Alley Books
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Carrollton, Texas
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
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