Flamingo Road (First Edition, in publisher's trial dust jacket)
by Robert Wilder
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1942. First Edition. First Edition, one of only a handful of copies made with publisher's trial dust jacket. Basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, and Sydney Greenstreet. Rare.
Very Good in a Very Good example of the variant trial dust jacket. Board edges moderately rubbed, with faint soil and foxing on the endpapers, and an owner signature on the front pastedown. Jacket spine panel lightly toned, with a vertical crease and a small bruise, and a few splashes.
The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 272.
Very Good in a Very Good example of the variant trial dust jacket. Board edges moderately rubbed, with faint soil and foxing on the endpapers, and an owner signature on the front pastedown. Jacket spine panel lightly toned, with a vertical crease and a small bruise, and a few splashes.
The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 272.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royal Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 158302
- Title
- Flamingo Road (First Edition, in publisher's trial dust jacket)
- Author
- Robert Wilder
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Books into Film | Literature | Southern Literature | Film Noir | Mystery and Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Books into Film; Film Noir; Southern Literature; Mystery and Crime;
Terms of Sale
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www.royalbooks.com
We are an open shop located in the midtown section of Baltimore. Check our website for directions if you are coming through the Baltimore area. We are open 10AM-6PM EST, Monday through Friday. You may email an order at any time, 24 hours a day.
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