The Gnomobile: A Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense, but Gnothing Gnaughty
by Sinclair, Upton
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. First trade edition. Octavo in brown cloth with titles and cover device stamped in red, top edge red. Lacks jacket. Light wear to boards and to cocked spine, slight fraying to spine tips, corners snubbed and lightly exposed; dark dampstain to textblock fore-edge bleeds slightly into margins, hinges starting, paper label on front free endpaper partially abraded to reveal part of ink inscription beneath, several dark stains to six leaves do not obscure text. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041985
- Title
- The Gnomobile: A Gnice Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense, but Gnothing Gnaughty
- Author
- Sinclair, Upton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- CLC
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Seattle, Washington
About Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill
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- Octavo
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- Device
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