My Own Manhattan
by Holland, Henrietta Fort
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light sunning and spotting to spine, gently bumped and frayed corners, very mild fra
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: I. Washburn, 1946. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light sunning and spotting to spine, gently bumped and frayed corners, very mild fraying and rubbing to rear board-rear edge, two faint indent wear-marks to front board-rear edge, pale sunning to rear board, light soiling to boards, ink ownership signature and address to front free endpaper, else very good.. Tan octavo, vii, 206 pages, b&w illustrations, 21 cm. Contents: Brotherhood of Mahn -- The head in the box -- Once upon a time -- Obeah -- Pink stockings -- People are so tragic -- Truth and the flashing eggbeater -- A big proposition -- Caveat emptor -- A study in scarlet -- Philosophy of beggin' -- Escape hotel -- Not with a bang but a whimper -- Mandates of the heart -- Nonne Est? -- Penelope -- You get all turned around sometimes. Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92525
- Title
- My Own Manhattan
- Author
- Holland, Henrietta Fort
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, light sunning and spotting to spine, gently bumped and frayed corners, very mild fra
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Publisher
- I. Washburn
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novels;
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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