Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
by Landery, Charles
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1940. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Charles Landery and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper, "To Leo McCabe with best wishes and congratulations on a grand performance in the broadcast of 'Mr. Smith' from Charles Landery." McCabe read the voice Senator Joseph Payne in the 1940 BBC radio adaptation. Bound in publisher's orange cloth stamped in purple. Very Good. Dust-soiled, foxed and a bit musty. In a like dust jacket, which is also sunned and edge-tattered. The novelization of Frank Capra's 1939 film bearing the same title.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140940367
- Title
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Author
- Landery, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- 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...