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Keeping Up with Lizzie
by Bacheller, Irving
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1911. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner.
Decorated green cloth of a man looking out a window at a woman riding in a car in three-colors designed by Arthur Covey with his signature. Spine titles in gilt. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. 8vo; 7.12 inches tall; 157, [1] p.: front., 11 plates; 19 cm; First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner.. A social commentary on the evils of the wealthy set in New England via a story of romance. Written to teach people a little about personal finance and living within your means ...humorous and entertaining.
"The whole town is going broke trying to keep up with Lizzie - the right style, the right education, and even the right way to speak. When circumstances change Lizzie, the town tries to change with her."
"This was a refreshingly good book that everyone in modern times should read. It has a lot to say about our materialistic society where hard work is only for the lower class."
The book was to be made into a movie in 1921.
Ref: Hathi; Harpers Mag; IMBd
Decorated green cloth of a man looking out a window at a woman riding in a car in three-colors designed by Arthur Covey with his signature. Spine titles in gilt. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear. 8vo; 7.12 inches tall; 157, [1] p.: front., 11 plates; 19 cm; First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner.. A social commentary on the evils of the wealthy set in New England via a story of romance. Written to teach people a little about personal finance and living within your means ...humorous and entertaining.
"The whole town is going broke trying to keep up with Lizzie - the right style, the right education, and even the right way to speak. When circumstances change Lizzie, the town tries to change with her."
"This was a refreshingly good book that everyone in modern times should read. It has a lot to say about our materialistic society where hard work is only for the lower class."
The book was to be made into a movie in 1921.
Ref: Hathi; Harpers Mag; IMBd
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17142
- Title
- Keeping Up with Lizzie
- Author
- Bacheller, Irving
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by W. H. D. Koerner
- Format/Binding
- A Very Good Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Fiction Connecticut - Fiction; New England - Villages; Books to Film; American Cloth Bindings; Decorated Cloth
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