The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel
by Santayana, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket heavily tattered and torn.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket heavily tattered and . torn.. 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. The Spanish and American philosopher's best known, best selling work and only novel, a sweeping tale of the life of Oliver Alden, a Boston boy who grows up questioning his puritan cultural values, but ultimately, living them out. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 602 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31919
- Title
- The Last Puritan: A Memoir in the Form of a Novel
- Author
- Santayana, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket heavily tattered and torn.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- 1930s Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....