April Fools: A Comedy of Bad Manners
by Compton Mackenzie
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1930. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 350 pp. Vladimir (Bobritsky) Bobri-illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in black.
Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges with a thin band of discoloration to spine and some general rubbing. Boards lightly worn with some toning along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges with a thin band of discoloration to spine and some general rubbing. Boards lightly worn with some toning along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9486
- Title
- April Fools: A Comedy of Bad Manners
- Author
- Compton Mackenzie
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1930
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Cloth
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