The Secret of Grown-Ups [w/ TLS and Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Vera Caspary
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0070102236
- ISBN 13
- 9780070102231
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. Very Good/Very Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979. First Edition. Octavo. 287 pages. Black and white photographs. Printed dust jacket. Red-orange and green boards stamped in black.
Typed letter signed from Caspary to Roland and Lois Galett affixed to front flap. In the letter Caspary congratulates the couple on their news, presumably a recent nuptial, and talks of her upcoming trip on the Rotterdam cruise ship, to which Caspary seems excited, remarking "no damn planes." Bookplate signed by Caspary also loosely laid in at front.
Unclipped dust jacket shows a couple closed tears to rear panel along bottom edges, and ghost of a sticker to rear. Light rubbing and toning. Boards gently worn with some toning to extremities.
Typed letter signed from Caspary to Roland and Lois Galett affixed to front flap. In the letter Caspary congratulates the couple on their news, presumably a recent nuptial, and talks of her upcoming trip on the Rotterdam cruise ship, to which Caspary seems excited, remarking "no damn planes." Bookplate signed by Caspary also loosely laid in at front.
Unclipped dust jacket shows a couple closed tears to rear panel along bottom edges, and ghost of a sticker to rear. Light rubbing and toning. Boards gently worn with some toning to extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8395
- Title
- The Secret of Grown-Ups [w/ TLS and Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- Vera Caspary
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0070102236
- ISBN 13
- 9780070102231
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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