The Unspeakable Gentleman
by John Phillips Marquand
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. First edition. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5. None. The American first edition of the first novel from Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, J. P. Marquand. With a frontis by A. I. Keller. The dustwrapper is not present. John Phillips Marquand, 1893 1960, was a 20th-century American writer. He achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938. In the original cloth binding. Externally, some bumping, with fading to the spine, and a few marks. The rear joint is starting, with slight loss. Internally, firmly bound, lightly browned, with, as common, spotting to the endpapers. Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD1-C-1
- Title
- The Unspeakable Gentleman
- Author
- John Phillips Marquand
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 7.5" by 5.5
- Keywords
- Satire Pulitzer Priz Critical Novel Pulitzer Priz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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