Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William.
by TARKINGTON, Booth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Slight bump to one corner and use at extremities of spine; otherwise a bright attractive copy in the scarce jacket with chipping
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, [1916].. First edition, with "B-Q" on the copyright page.. publisher's orange gilt-lettered cloth in pictorial dust jacket.. Slight bump to one corner and use at extremities of spine; otherwise a bright attractive copy in the scarce jacket with chipping at the top of the spine affecting titling, and several other smaller chips and tears, and some light dust-soiling.. 8vo,. Illustrated.. Publisher's bookplate with portrait of Booth Tarkington and listing his other books laid in.
Synopsis
William Sylvanus Baxter paused for a moment of thought in front of the drug-store at the corner of Washington Street and Central Avenue. He had an internal question to settle before he entered the store: he wished to allow the young man at the soda- fountain no excuse for saying, Well, make up your mind what it's goin' to be, can't you? Rudeness of this kind, especially in the presence of girls and women, was hard to bear, and though William Sylvanus Baxter had borne it upon occasion, he had reached an age when he found it intolerable.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53720
- Title
- Seventeen: A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William.
- Author
- TARKINGTON, Booth
- Illustrator
- Illustrated.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's orange gilt-lettered cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight bump to one corner and use at extremities of spine; otherwise a bright attractive copy in the scarce jacket with chipping
- Edition
- First edition, with "B-Q" on the copyright page.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- [1916].
- Pages
- 329 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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