New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Book Club Edition. "Too Strong For Fantasy" - a personal record of music, literature and politics in America and Europe over half a century. This is a fascinating book, vivid, reflective, wide ranging, embracing New York in the early 1900's and Chechoslovakia in crisis after WWII...and much, much more. Red cloth boards, black title block to spine, gilt title lettering, black endpapers. Bookplate to fep, name and descriptive note on "Memories" written on prelim. A clean, square copy in a nice bright dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine.

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Seller: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: A1256
Title: Too Strong For Fantasy
Author: Davenport, Marcia
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1967
Keywords: Non-Fiction Alma Gluck-American Singer Wendell Wilkie Thomas Wolfe
Bookseller catalogs: Music;

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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...
Book Club Edition: A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....