Roast Beef Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney
by Ferber, Edna
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards slightly splayed and worn, spine faded. Penciled owner signature and date by American com
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards slightly splayed and worn, spine . faded. Penciled owner signature and date by American composer Sidney Homer . on front free endpaper.. 1913. First Printing. Hardcover. 27 illustrations by James Montgomery Flagg. Forest green cloth binding with blind-stamped garland surrounding gilt lettering on front boards. Pulitzer Prize winner Ferber's third book, a collection of stories featuring skirt and petticoat traveling saleswoman Emma McChesney. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29754
- Title
- Roast Beef Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney
- Author
- Ferber, Edna
- Illustrator
- James Montgomery Flagg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards slightly splayed and worn, spine faded. Penciled owner signature and date by American com
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Sidney Homer, Edna Ferber, 1910s Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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