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Mortgage On Life (Review Copy)
by Baum, Vicki (1888-1960)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Maroon cloth over boards, title and illustration in gilt onto spine, top edge stained maroon, 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. 277, stated first edition with publisher's review slip loosely laid in. Volume with heel of spine softened and two tiny spots to rear board, else fine. DJ with light soil and edge wear, one short closed tear at center of spine, scattered foxing to flap edges and verso, one 1/4" abrasion near spine heel. Filmed, then named and released as the film noir "A Woman's Secret" by RKO's new studio boss Howard Huges in 1949, MORTGAGE ON LIFE was originally serialized in Collier's under the title of "The Long Denial". This copy has Doubleday's review slip loosely laid in showing the amended publication date. Ref. Johnson, 2008, p. 12.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 892
- Title
- Mortgage On Life (Review Copy)
- Author
- Baum, Vicki (1888-1960)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions; Books into Film;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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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....
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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