A Voyage To Purilia
by RICE, Elmer [pseud. Elmer L. Reizenstein]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan Books, 1930. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's cloth in green pictorial dust jacket, dark green topstain; [6],297pp. A few small chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, one touching text without loss of meaning, rear jacket panel a bit toned, else a Very Good, sound copy. Satire of Hollywood and its cinematic output, the novel set on the planet "Purilia," "where the sky is rosy and misty, the people standardized by type, moving through waves of music, all directed by an impersonal voice, 'The Presence'" (BAIRD 2092). COAN, p. 97; HANNA 2995; NEGLEY 966.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27335
- Title
- A Voyage To Purilia
- Author
- RICE, Elmer [pseud. Elmer L. Reizenstein]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Hollywood California
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction; Utopian Literature;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Publisher's cloth
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- Jacket
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