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Steamboat Round the Bend
by BURMAN, Ben Lucien
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. Large octavo. 308pp. Near fine with touch of foxing and toning at the topedge in very good or better dust jacket with edgewear, two small holes on the spine and toning at the edges, mostly along the spine. Inscribed by the author: "To Harold a swell guy from Ben Lucien Burman, the pilot of the Tennessee Belle." Basis for the John Ford film starring Will Rogers in his final film role as the captain of a floating waxworks museum out to save an innocent man from hanging. The recipient is more than likely the captain (or pilot) of the steamboat, *Tennessee Belle*, that is feature in the final act of the film.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 567142
- Title
- Steamboat Round the Bend
- Author
- BURMAN, Ben Lucien
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- BooksIntoFilm
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Reprint
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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