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The Car of Croesus
by Poole, Ernest
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of The Car of Croesus by Ernest Poole, in the publisher's first state dust jacket.. Octavo, 230pp. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Stated "Published March, 1930" on copyright page. Solid text block, toning to endpapers with offsetting from flap folds, a near fine example. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, short closed tear to rear panel, chipping to tips of spine, tape repairs to verso. An attractive example of the scarce, metallic art deco jacket. The Car of Croesus is the story of an impoverished Russian prince and a New York businesswoman, who purchase a limousine which they rent to people who wish to pass themselves off as millionaires. The prince takes the role of chauffeur, and the woman plays the role of lady's maid. A comedy and tragedy about New York's social hierarchy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13444
- Title
- The Car of Croesus
- Author
- Poole, Ernest
- Illustrator
- First edition of The Car of Croesus by Ernest Poole, in the publisher's first state dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- a book of small flies first edition, his family poole first edition, the car of croesus first edition, silent storms first edition, ernest poole first edition, ernest poole signed
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Copyright page
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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