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No Poems
by Robert Benchley
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Fair
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Gluyas Williams. ROBERT BENCHLEY. No Poems or Around the World Backwards and Sideways, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. Octavo, first edition, pp. ix, 330, printed yellow cloth boards, top edge tinted silver-gray, illustrated by Gluyas Williams. Short humor pieces by a 20th-century master. Condition of this book: Jacket age-toned and nearly split along front joint, protected under Brodart. Small chip in cover, a few small stains, spine sunned; very clean and bright inside. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. 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. Illustrator: Gluyas Williams. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; United States; 1930s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55140. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55140
- Title
- No Poems
- Author
- Robert Benchley
- Illustrator
- Gluyas Williams
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; United States; 1930s; Fiction. Gluyas Williams Unbranded Robert Benchley No Poems
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