BEHOLD THIS WOMAN
by Goodis, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc, 1947. First Edition. The Philadelphia author's third novel, a bizarre paean and cathartic payback to his estranged wife, Elaine Astor. The novel tells the story of Clara Ervin, a manipulative, calculating, and cold-blooded woman who systematically emasculates and ruins her husband, as well as several other men, before meeting a violent death. Hubin, p.168. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); light gray cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [vi],281,[1]pp. Touch of dust-soil and faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.75), lightly edgeworn, with mild dust-soil to upper flap edges and upper rear panel, a few small nicks, and several tears with attendant creases; Very Good+, with the spine notably unfaded.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4355
- Title
- BEHOLD THIS WOMAN
- Author
- Goodis, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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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...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...