The Love Nest And Other Stories
by LARDNER, Ring [Ringgold Wilmer]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); green boards titled in gilt on the cover and spine; dustjacket Margaret Freeman; 232pp.; spine ends are pushed, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.75); chipping to the upper panels and spine; tears to the extremities; loss to the crown; toning to the spine; splitting along spine; Good only.
"The Love Nest is that of Mr. Gregg, the great movie magnate, and his wife, a former movie star. The story is of a visit paid to it by a young journalist for the sake of writing up the great man's idyllic home life." (from the dustjacket); BRUCCOLI and LAYMAN A19.1.
"The Love Nest is that of Mr. Gregg, the great movie magnate, and his wife, a former movie star. The story is of a visit paid to it by a young journalist for the sake of writing up the great man's idyllic home life." (from the dustjacket); BRUCCOLI and LAYMAN A19.1.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54212
- Title
- The Love Nest And Other Stories
- Author
- LARDNER, Ring [Ringgold Wilmer]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
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Glossary
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...