The Haunted Bookshop
by Morley, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Doubleday Page. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth titled in black. First edition, mixed state, with Styx p. 100 line 1, "76" on page 76., "Burroughs" page 76 with broken type. Edges rubbed, light bumping, spine a bit canted. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 289 pages .
Synopsis
The Haunted Bookshop speaks of the ghosts that inhabit all places of books - "the ghosts of all great literature." Christopher Morley's suspenseful 1919 novel continues the story of the bookseller from Parnassus on Wheels, Roger Mifflin, whose character underlines the wisdom and knowledge to be gained from literature and makes allusions and references to many famous works.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45224
- Title
- The Haunted Bookshop
- Author
- Morley, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday Page
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1919
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