Bedelia [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Vera Caspary
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Caspary loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 187 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.50 price present. Blue boards stamped in red.
Basis for the 1946 Lance Comfort film starring Margaret Lockwood.
Dust jacket is chipped along edges with general creasing and smudging. Toned at spine. Edges of boards are lightly worn with some sunning. Binding sound. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Pages unmarked.
Basis for the 1946 Lance Comfort film starring Margaret Lockwood.
Dust jacket is chipped along edges with general creasing and smudging. Toned at spine. Edges of boards are lightly worn with some sunning. Binding sound. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8367
- Title
- Bedelia [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- Vera Caspary
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1945
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Bookplate
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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