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Mrs. Peckham's Carouse
by George Ade
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indiana Kid, Nappanee, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. GEORGE ADE. Mrs. Peckham's Carouse, Nappanee: Indiana Kid, 1961. Octavo: edition of 250 copies, pp. 37, 1 (colophon), green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt bottles on front, illustration by John de Pol. A one-act play by the Indiana humorist who was possibly "one of the most underrated minor American writers," Richard Cordell says in his introduction. Condition of this book: Fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; United States; 1960s; Theatre & Plays. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55466. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55466
- Title
- Mrs. Peckham's Carouse
- Author
- George Ade
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Indiana Kid
- Place of Publication
- Nappanee
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; United States; 1960s; Theatre & Plays. Unbranded George Ade Mrs. Peckham's Carouse
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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