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His Family
by Poole, Ernest
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, USA: The Franklin Library, 1979. 1st Thus 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stroud, Steven H. 1st thus, 1st printing. [xviii], 300pp, plus numerous monochrome illustrations. Printed on archival-quality paper (it will not brown) and bound in full blue leather with generous gilt decoration front, spine and back, three raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. One of a limited first edition, privately printed, exclusively for Franklin Library subscribers. A handsome, finely produce volume in near fine condition throughout (very tiny rub on rear lower corner). Renowned for fine bindings and collectors' editions of beautiful literature, the Franklin Library produced some of the most attractive and desirable books of the 20th century. Poole's second novel, a striking story of the continuity of life from generation to generation in New York City in the late 19th century, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction when it was first published in 1918. 8vo.
Synopsis
His Family is a novel by Ernest Poole published in 1917 about the life of a New York widower and his three daughters in the 1910s. It received the first Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1918.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012931
- Title
- His Family
- Author
- Poole, Ernest
- Illustrator
- Stroud, Steven H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Thus 1st Impression
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, USA
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Franklin Library, Literary History, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Fiction, Novels, Beautiful Books
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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