Unfinished Business
by Erskine, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: mild bumped corners, offset on endpapers from DJ, mild dust to edges of text block, text clean, binding tight./poor: edge and corner wear, separated along spine, will be shipped under mylar cover, NOT clipped ($2.50)
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. first edition. hardcover. very good: mild bumped corners, offset on endpapers from DJ, mild dust to edges of text block, text clean, binding tight./poor: edge and corner wear, separated along spine, will be shipped under mylar cover, NOT clipped ($2.50). 8vo 347pp. Novel of moral instruction by author, composer, educator who helped inspire the Great Books movement, served as first president of Juilliard School of Music, and taught at Columbia University for several decades. Most famous for his essay: "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent" #00908.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 825
- Title
- Unfinished Business
- Author
- Erskine, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: mild bumped corners, offset on endpapers from DJ, mild dust to edges of text block, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- poor: edge and corner wear, separated along spine, will be shipped under mylar cover, NOT clipped ($2.50)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- The Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- fiction, first edition
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
Biblio member since 2023
Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
small online used bookstore based in Chattanooga, TN. Little bit of everything, but lots of modern first editions.
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