PAL JOEY
by O'Hara, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black glazed cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-195,[5]pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), with light wear to extremities, and four small closed tears along the upper edge; a bright, Near Fine copy. An attractive copy of O'Hara's fourth novel, recounting the "ups and downs of a second-rate crooner told in epistolary style" (Hanna 2703). Basis for George Sidney's 1957 musical comedy starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, and Kim Novak. Bruccoli IV.1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6959
- Title
- PAL JOEY
- Author
- O'Hara, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan, & Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Biblio member since 2010
Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...