Escape
by Vance, Ethel (Grace Zaring Stone)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- good: bumped corners, soiled boards and spine, spine sunned, toning and spots of foxing./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Little Brown and Company, 1939. first edition. hardcover. good: bumped corners, soiled boards and spine, spine sunned, toning and spots of foxing./no DJ. 8vo 428pp. published September 1939. Ethel Vance was a pseudonym for Grace Zaring Stone, used to protect the author's daughter who was living in occupied Europe during this time. This anti-Nazi thriller was adapted into a 1940 film about an American living in pre-war Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is in a concentration camp and sets out to free her. #00892.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 809
- Title
- Escape
- Author
- Vance, Ethel (Grace Zaring Stone)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - good: bumped corners, soiled boards and spine, spine sunned, toning and spots of foxing.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- first edition, fiction, nazi, wwii, thriller,
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
Glossary
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....