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BUtterfield 8
by O'Hara, John
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. First edition. [iv], 310 pp. Slick black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in a completely unsophisticated, unclipped dust jacket with a lovely unfaded spine panel (all too often found sunned), small chips at extremities, some abrasions to back panel, Very Good+. A strong copy of the bestselling follow-up to Appointment in Samarra; it inspired a film in 1960.
Synopsis
'The real F. Scott Fitzgerald' Fran Lebowitz'On this Sunday morning in May, this girl who was later to be the cause of a sensation in New York awoke much too early for her night before'... This particular morning Gloria finds herself alone in a stranger's apartment with nothing but a torn evening dress and her stockings and panties. When she takes a fur coat from the wardrobe to wear home, she sets in train a series of events that will lead to tragedy. A bestseller on its first publication, BUtterfield 8 is the glittering story of a 1930s glamour girl whose ill-starred entanglement with a respectable married man is set against a backdrop of Manhattan bars and bedrooms.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939251
- Title
- BUtterfield 8
- Author
- O'Hara, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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