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Travel America Guide & Hotel Directory
Chicago, Ahrens Publishing Co.,
1939, Wraps,
Condition: Very Good, Sixtieth Edition Winter 1939-40:. Blue wraps, illustrated, yellow lettering. Pages mildly toned. Very clean, cover minimal shelfwear. sm 8 vo, 182 pp
(Travel, Guides, 1940, Vintage, Travel, Guides, Ahrens, Travels, Guides, Vintage, American, Travel, Guides) Cat No. 2506.
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20.00
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O'Hara, John.
Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, and Hope of Heaven
New York, Random House,
1934, Book Club (BCE/BOMC) ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, BMOC, compilation of O'Hara's first novels: Appointment in Samarra; received critical reviews at the time due to it's frank sexual talk. The book centers on the social lives of the upper middle class, in a fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania. The novel's main character, is Jullian English. In Butterfield 8 (made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor), O'Hara reflects on flaws of society in New York, and the Cafe crowd, in this satirical novel which centers on the death of Starr Faithful and the investigation of her death. Hope of Heaven; about a Hollywood writer in the 1930's. Creme cloth boards and spine, green lettering to spine. DJ pale green upper edge and head of spine, small closed tears and rubbing, lower spine end small closed tear, mild rubbing. Portrait of O'Hara to rear DJ, mild soil. Clean text, tightly bound. 448 pp, 8vo
(John, O, Hara, Butterfield, 8, John, O, Hara, First, Movel, Appointment, In Samarra, American, Novelists, 1930, S, American, Screen, Writers, 1930, S) Cat No. 2507.
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O'Hara, John.
Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, and Hope of Heaven
New York, Random House,
1934, Book Club (BCE/BOMC) ed, Hard Cover,
Condition: Very Good/Very Good, BMOC, compilation of O'Hara's first novels: Appointment in Samarra; received critical reviews at the time due to it's frank sexual talk. The book centers on the social lives of the upper middle class, in a fictional town of Gibbsville, Pennsylvania. The novel's main character, is Jullian English. In Butterfield 8 (made into a movie starring Elizabeth Taylor), O'Hara reflects on flaws of society in New York, and the Cafe crowd, in this satirical novel which centers on the death of Starr Faithful and the investigation of her death. Hope of Heaven; about a Hollywood writer in the 1930's. Creme cloth boards and spine, green lettering to spine. DJ pale green upper edge and head of spine, small closed tears and rubbing, lower spine end small closed tear, mild rubbing. Portrait of O'Hara to rear DJ, mild soil. Clean text, tightly bound. 448 pp, 8vo
(John, O, Hara, Butterfield, 8, John, O, Hara, First, Movel, Appointment, In Samarra, American, Novelists, 1930, S, American, Screen, Writers, 1930, S) Cat No. 2507.
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12.50
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Howard, Blanche Willis.
One Summer
Toronto, Belford Bros,
1876, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Brown cloth decoratively stamped boards and spine, gilt lettering. Head and heel of spine few chips mild fraying, chip to spine edge. Old bookseller sticker to lower edge of pastedown, penciled previous owners name to f.e.p. Text clean, solidly bound, f.e.p. split at lower hinge edge. 16 mo, 250 pp
(Women, Novelists, 1800, S, American, Novelists, Victorian, Literature, Blanche, Willis, Howard, Antique, Books, One, Summer, Blanche, Willis, Howard) Cat No. 2508.
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12.50
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Howard, Blanche Willis.
One Summer
Toronto, Belford Bros,
1876, Hard Cover,
Condition: Good Plus, Brown cloth decoratively stamped boards and spine, gilt lettering. Head and heel of spine few chips mild fraying, chip to spine edge. Old bookseller sticker to lower edge of pastedown, penciled previous owners name to f.e.p. Text clean, solidly bound, f.e.p. split at lower hinge edge. 16 mo, 250 pp
(Women, Novelists, 1800, S, American, Novelists, Victorian, Literature, Blanche, Willis, Howard, Antique, Books, One, Summer, Blanche, Willis, Howard) Cat No. 2508.
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12.50
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