SUCH SWEET COMPULSION : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALDINE FARRAR [Signed]
by Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Greystone Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xii, 303 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is grey with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to front and spine, smudging/shelf wear. Price clipped. Boards in purple cloth with pink print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Text block has tanning to endpapers, note in ink on front flyleaf. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait and plates. Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf. Related news clippings laid in.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376273. FP New Rockville Stock.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376273. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1376273
- Title
- SUCH SWEET COMPULSION : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GERALDINE FARRAR [Signed]
- Author
- Farrar, Geraldine, 1882-1967
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Greystone Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
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Rockville, Maryland
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....