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The Old Maid: Dramatized by Zoe Akins From the Novel by Edith Wharton - First Printing
by Akins, Zoe (from the Edith Wharton novel)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
D. Appleton - Century Company, 1935. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, DJ (has price $2.00), orange DJ band; all VG++ to Near Fine condition. First Edition, c. 1935 (same year on title page); 1st printing ([1]"" on pg. 188, last page). DJ bright, clean & glossy w/only a trace of edge wear & 1/4"" closed tear top of front panel- otherwise unmarred. NO mention of Pulitzer Prize on spine panel. Rather, there is a separate 2.75"" wide orange band that runs along & folds over DJ, stating this information, along w/ Akins' & Wharton's names. Blue cloth binding is tight, square & clean w/ just a bit of rubbing. NO bumps, fray, scuffs or spine discolor. Gold cover lettering bright, crisp & intact; spine lettering intact & legible, though tarnished. Sepia photos from 1935 performance w/ Judith Anderson. Endpapers & text tight, clean & unmarked w/ hint of toning. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome. well preserved copy- displays extremely well.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 347
- Title
- The Old Maid: Dramatized by Zoe Akins From the Novel by Edith Wharton - First Printing
- Author
- Akins, Zoe (from the Edith Wharton novel)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Appleton - Century Company
- Date Published
- 1935
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Media, Pennsylvania
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