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Age of Thunder
by Prokosch, Frederic
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Discreet, tiny book label on front pastedown; fine in publisher's slipcase, very slightly marked; issued without dust jacket.
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition. Discreet, tiny book label on front pastedown; fine in publisher's slipcase, very slightly marked; issued without dust jacket.. 8vo, 311pp; t.e.g.; black cloth, stamped in gilt on the spine. One of only 45 copies in the special limited edition, bound with a page of the original corrected typescript of the novel tipped in on a stub just prior to the title page. Of the forty-five copies, thirty numbered copies were for sale. This is one of the fifteen roman-numeraled and signed copies for private distribution and has been additionally inscribed by Prokosch on the front free endpaper: "For Josephine, with much admiration & gratitude & affection, from Frederic". Josephine Crane, whose small book label is affixed to the upper corner of the front pastedown, was a wealthy New York socialite, widow of Massachusetts senator Winthrop Murray Crane of the Crane stationery family. Mrs. Crane was a prominent supporter of the arts and literature, a co-founder of the Museum of Modern Art and hostess of a weekly literary and cultural salon in her Fifth Avenue apartment, where Prokosch was a frequent guest.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205427
- Title
- Age of Thunder
- Author
- Prokosch, Frederic
- Book Condition
- Used - Discreet, tiny book label on front pastedown; fine in publisher's slipcase, very slightly marked; issued without dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
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