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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Toning to boards. Small owner name ink stamp to FEP. Small ink stamp to REP. These stories inspired many films featuring famous actors of the period such as as Bob Hope, Shirley Temple, Lucille Ball, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, and Bob Newhart. .
Blue Plate Special by Runyon, Damon - 1934
by Runyon, Damon
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Blue Plate Special
by Runyon, Damon
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Blue boards with red topstain. Spotting and rubbing to the boards, with fading to the volume spine. Bookplate of Norman Joseph to the front pastedown endpaper. The free endpaper and beginning pages are nicked at the edge. The dust jacket has shallow loss to the heel of the spine, modest dust soiling and a closed tear to the front panel. Publisher's price of $.75 to the front flap. Foreword by Walter Winchell. ; 321 pages .
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Bungalow Books, ABAA
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- Edition Reprint
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- Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1934
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BLUE PLATE SPECIAL
by Damon Runyon
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Pomona, New York, United States
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Blue Plate Special
by Damon Runyon
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Berkeley, California, United States
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Frederick A. Stokes, 1934. Hardcover. Good/Good. Covers worn, with some mottling on the spine. Unclipped dust jacket worn, stained and chipped.
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Blue Plate Special
by Runyon, Damon
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934. Hardcover. Good. Foreword by Walter Winchell. Second Printing. Association Copy. Inscribed by Runyon to Steve Hannagan on the front endpaper. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, stained and worn, frayed and with spots rubbed to the boards. Square, hinges a bit tender but firm otherwise, clean internally. Runyon's second collection of stories, the follow-up to Guys and Dolls. Favorably reviewed in the New York Times as "a grand collection of hard-boiled, sentimental stories told in Damon Runyon's engaging brand of Broadway slang." Similar to Guys and Dolls, some of the stories were adapted into films, such as the case with "Little Miss Marker," which was made into the Pre-Code film starring Shirley Temple. The inscription to Hannagan is a nice association. Hannagan, called "the Prince of Press Agents" was a public relations agent during the early 20th century with clients the likes of Coca-Cola, the Indianapolis 500, Miami Beach, as well as many…
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