The Magnifenct Ambersons
by Booth Tarkington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Evansville, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Very scarce. The 2nd Pulitzer prize winner in very, very rare dust jacket. Desired by collectors of Pulitzer Prize winners. Also sought after by collectors of books into film. Orson Welles famously filmed Magnificent Ambersons right after Citizen Kane and what remains of it makes many think it might have been an even better film, before the studio took it from him and butchered it.
There are 2 other versions of this dust jacket with prices of $1.40 and $1.50. The lower priced jacket is often considered the first state of the jacket, but it is uncertain. And it is reasonable to presume the unpriced jacket preceded the others. As covered in the December 2010 edition of Firsts magazine. Shipped FREE with insurance and of course carefully packaged.Reviews
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rosebud Collectible Books and Music (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23-12-02
- Title
- The Magnifenct Ambersons
- Author
- Booth Tarkington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1918
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Rosebud Collectible Books and Music
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About the Seller
Rosebud Collectible Books and Music
Biblio member since 2009
Evansville, Indiana
About Rosebud Collectible Books and Music
“Rosebud” is the first word spoken in Orson Welles’s film, Citizen Kane, and the movie closes with an image of a rosebud on a child’s sled. In between, the entire film is interviews with characters who knew Kane by a reporter trying to find what “rosebud” meant and why Kane would utter that word on his deathbed. “Rosebud,” in the movie, becomes a term synonymous with something greatly desired.
I want to help you find your “ROSEBUD!”
My aim is to offer items that are as worthy of the quest as “rosebud” was in the greatest film or all time.
By collectible, I mean “rare,” “desirable,” and in “excellent condition.” “Carefully selected” would be another apt descriptor for the types of items I try to stock.
I want to help you find your “ROSEBUD!”
My aim is to offer items that are as worthy of the quest as “rosebud” was in the greatest film or all time.
By collectible, I mean “rare,” “desirable,” and in “excellent condition.” “Carefully selected” would be another apt descriptor for the types of items I try to stock.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...