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The Grace of Lambs:; Stories
by Komroff, Manuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Endhseets toned from binder's glue; lower edge of front board sunstruck, otherwise very near fine in a soiled dust jacket, sunne
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. First edition. Endhseets toned from binder's glue; lower edge of front board sunstruck, otherwise very near fine in a soiled dust jacket, sunned on the spine and with a couple of small chips.. 8vo, 221pp; blue cloth. The author's first book, inscribed by Komroff to a well-known Tin Pan Alley pianist and songwriter: "For Ted Shapiro, [musical notes] from the author, Manuel Komroff, New York, 1927." Komroff was a polymath: a journalist, playwright, fiction writer, and editor. He was the longtime production manager for Boni & Liveright. The rear panel of the dust jacket is devoted to the publisher's promotion of Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205117
- Title
- The Grace of Lambs:; Stories
- Author
- Komroff, Manuel
- Book Condition
- Used - Endhseets toned from binder's glue; lower edge of front board sunstruck, otherwise very near fine in a soiled dust jacket, sunne
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
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