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AMERICAN BEAUTY
by FERBER, EDNA
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped .
- Seller
-
Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garder City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. Woodcut decorations by Rudolph Ruzicka. Jacket is unclipped, few chips at spine extremities, two small brown spots. A very clean copy. 313pp. Edna Ferber (1885-1968) was an American novbelist and playwright. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1925 for her novel "So Big". . First Edition. Red Cloth. Nearly Fine/Lightly Chipped .. Crown Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015633
- Title
- AMERICAN BEAUTY
- Author
- FERBER, EDNA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Nearly Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Lightly Chipped .
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garder City, New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- Crown Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Ferber, American Literature
Terms of Sale
Glenn Books
All books are subject to prior sale. Books are guaranteed as described and may be returned to us within 10 days with immediate notice of intent to return the item.
About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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