Watch Your Thirst: A Dry Opera in Three Acts
by Wister, Owen. Illustrated By George Howe
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. First, limited edition, number 904 of 1000 copies printed and signed by the author. Prohibition era comedy play featuring Roman gods and goddesses, illustrated in black and white. Blue cloth printed in gilt, no dustjacket. Covers have some scuffing and wear to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, sound text block, foxing (age-speckling) to endpapers and signature page, pages clean, no names or other markings. . Signed by the Author. First, Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043742
- Title
- Watch Your Thirst: A Dry Opera in Three Acts
- Author
- Wister, Owen. Illustrated By George Howe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- DRAMA PROHIBITION SIGNED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Cloth
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...