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Now, Voyager
by Prouty, Olive Higgins
- Used
- Near Fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. [vi], 340 pp. Original green cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, well-rubbed and a little worn along edges, dampstain to verso of spine panel. A nice copy.
The feminist psychological novel that inspired the 1942 film by the same name starring Betty Davis as a spinster who becomes a libertine, directed by Irving Rapper. The author is also known for Stella Dallas. In her later years she was a mentor to Bell Jar author Sylvia Plath.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140938416
- Title
- Now, Voyager
- Author
- Prouty, Olive Higgins
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- Sylvia Plath, Betty Davis, film, feminism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Fine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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