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MY SEARCH FOR WARREN HARDING
by Plunket, Robert
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394529812
- ISBN 13
- 9780394529813
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1983. 277 pages. Review copy with a review slip and a Publishers Weekly blurb laid in. Despite some glowing reviews (PW called it "a splendid farce"), the book did not sell well and it and the author almost faded into obscurity. But the comic genius would not be denied, and in the 21st century it has been rediscovered. Among the more recent accolades is the Washington Post's listing it as one of the top five books of "great American comic fiction," Last year it was reprinted in paperback by New Directions, but the Knopf first edition is exceedingly difficult to find in collectible condition. The book offered here is clean and tight, with one very lightly bumped corner. The ivory dust jacket is clean, crisp and bright,. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W2743
- Title
- MY SEARCH FOR WARREN HARDING
- Author
- Plunket, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394529812
- ISBN 13
- 9780394529813
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary First Editions; Humor;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
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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...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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