Mrs. Miniver
by Struther, Jan
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther.. Octavo, viii, 288pp. Pink cloth, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, a touch of toning to hinges, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.00 retail price on front flap, faint toning to verso, small stain to front panel, a few small closed tears, sunning to spine, a very good example. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Synopsis
As a best-selling book and an Academy Award-winning movie. Mrs. Miniver's adventures have charmed millions. This edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the book's orginal publication in the U.S., features a new introduction by Greer Garson, who won the Academy Award as best actress for her role as Mrs. Miniver.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12482
- Title
- Mrs. Miniver
- Author
- Struther, Jan
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Mrs. Miniver, Mrs. Miniver signed, Lord of All Hopefulness, Information Please, When a Knight Won His Spurs, Daises are Our Silver, The Real Mrs. Miniver, Joyce Anstruther, Joyce Maxtone Graham, Joyce Placzek
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Copyright page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...