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Publicity Is Broccoli
by Hope, Constance
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Bobbs-Merrill. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1941 First Edition; 1st Printing stated. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by the author to John Blum, a Macy's VP, Jan 10, 1961. Laid in are two postcards from the author to Blum, one from Monte Carlo, one from Japan, also from 1961. Green cloth with chipping at the edges, gilt, spine darkened, eps tanning, else clean contents.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 264 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alchemy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4106bx125
- Title
- Publicity Is Broccoli
- Author
- Hope, Constance
- Illustrator
- John Groth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; 1st Printing stated
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- B000P1JM58
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed;
Terms of Sale
Alchemy Books
Our books are well-wrapped, and shipped on receipt of payment. Checks payable to: Brian Bissell. CC processed through Biblio. Descriptions are guaranteed: return within 30 days if item not as described.
About the Seller
Alchemy Books
Biblio member since 2005
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
About Alchemy Books
Berkshire books and ephemera a specialty. MA Town histories, local directories, New England interest
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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