Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1933. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing. A very good copy in a very good unclipped ($2.50) dustjacket. A sturdy copy in black cloth with blue lettering and pennant decorations to front board. 305 pp. Decorative endpapers and pastedowns. Edgewear to one top edge--some of the board is worn away--about an inch. Also some wear to the rear board at the top where a little of the cloth has been worn away. Dusty paper edges. Otherwise a tight sturdy copy with clean interior. Dustjacket has edgewear and chipping to the top and a little at the heel of the spine--some darkening to the spine as well--not a near fine copy--but certainly a very good copy with a colorful front dustjacket. Author won the pulitzer prize for "Laughing Boy".

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Bookseller: Classic First Editions (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: cfe12571
Title: Long Pennant (First Printing)
Author: La Farge Oliver
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1933
Keywords: FICTION
Bookseller catalogs: M.B. Goldstone Collection;

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