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They Stooped to Folly: A Comedy of Morals
by Glasgow, Ellen
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- Hardcover
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- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
U.S.A: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover 1929 Book in Good Condition. No Jacket. Quite a nice first edition, 1929. Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945) was an American novelist whose works portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South. They Stooped to Folly is a social satire on manners in the early 20th century in the South. It is one of her later works that are considered the most artful criticism of romantic illusion of her career. Bound in original red cloth with gold scroll design and lettering on front and spine. Edgewear to corners, light on top, moderate on lower corners; spine ends have tiny tears and beginning of tears to cloth. Sewn binding is tight and solid. All pagesi ntact. . Endpapers orange and white houses and trees design. Light foxing on top edge. Rough cut on fore edge and lower edge. Pages are clean and unmarked, moderately toned. 7.75 x 5.4 inches. Publisher: Doubldeay, Doran and Company, New York, 1929.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020795
- Title
- They Stooped to Folly: A Comedy of Morals
- Author
- Glasgow, Ellen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- GLASGOW, ELLEN 1874-1945. THE SOUTH. SATIRE
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- Fiction. Modern Classics;
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