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Babes in the Wood; A Relaxation Inteded for Those Who Are Always Travelling but Never Reaching a Destination
by Arlen, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good Morris of Paris-designed jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Bound with a green top stain, some reading wear, and a slight forward lean, clean internally. Arlen's stories about young, wealthy socialites who travel through Europe's resorts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4744
- Title
- Babes in the Wood; A Relaxation Inteded for Those Who Are Always Travelling but Never Reaching a Destination
- Author
- Arlen, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- 20th Century Literature, Short Stories, Expats, Romance, Flappers, Jetset, Roaring Twenties
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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