Penrod Jashber
by Tarkington, Booth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. Illus. by Gordon Grant. Blue cloth with yellow lettering and cover illustation. Spine faded, otherwise very good - tight, straight, text clean, pages very bright, no markings.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gordon Grant. 8vo.. Illus.
Synopsis
Penrod Jashber is the third in a series of collections of sketches by Booth Tarkington about the adventures of Penrod Schofield, an 11-year-old middle-class boy in a small city in the pre-World War I Midwestern United States. Published in 1929, it was preceded by Penrod in 1914 and Penrod and Sam in 1916. The three books were published together as one volume, Penrod: His Complete Story, in 1931.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000668
- Title
- Penrod Jashber
- Author
- Tarkington, Booth
- Illustrator
- Gordon Grant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- TARKINGTON BOOTH PENROD JASHBER FIRST EDITION ILLUSTRATED GORDON GRANT NOVEL FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Wild Muse
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About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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