Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star
by Nathan, Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (small). Few small nicks, slight rubbing and browning to jacket (chiefly at edges); tape repair to inside jacket; slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. [8], 175, [2] pages. Short, whimsical and satiric novel, involving a history professor's obsession with the immanent end of the world. 'First Edition' (title page verso). Author's copy; signed and inscribed by Nathan in black ink on front free endpaper ('Robert Nathan / My own copy').B/w Decoration (title page).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L071956
- Title
- Mr. Whittle and the Morning Star
- Author
- Nathan, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- Nathan, Robert American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Humor Satire Signed Inscribed QX91, , , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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