The Feather Merchants [World War II Satire] [Author Signed]
by Shulman, Max
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday Doran, 1944. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Good.
Burnt-red linen with black titles and front decoration; 8 inches tall; 145 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.The dust jacket has the price of $2.00 with small loss on the spine tips and corners; mild spine sunning. A closed tear diagonally from the upper spine through the title,
A Near Fine Hardcover in a Good Dust jacket ; Signed by the Author on the front free end page.. Sergeant Dan Miller wanted to be a flying ace, but the air force grounded him for poor vision. To make matters worse, when the myopic Miller travels home to Minneapolis on furlough, he finds the local "feather merchants"-aka civilians-breaking all the wartime rules.
Before Sergeant Dan can stop that bell from tolling, he's the most celebrated man in town. What follows is a hysterical comedy of errors as our hero tries to outrun his patriotic admirers, and avoid a court martial.
Burnt-red linen with black titles and front decoration; 8 inches tall; 145 pages. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.The dust jacket has the price of $2.00 with small loss on the spine tips and corners; mild spine sunning. A closed tear diagonally from the upper spine through the title,
A Near Fine Hardcover in a Good Dust jacket ; Signed by the Author on the front free end page.. Sergeant Dan Miller wanted to be a flying ace, but the air force grounded him for poor vision. To make matters worse, when the myopic Miller travels home to Minneapolis on furlough, he finds the local "feather merchants"-aka civilians-breaking all the wartime rules.
Before Sergeant Dan can stop that bell from tolling, he's the most celebrated man in town. What follows is a hysterical comedy of errors as our hero tries to outrun his patriotic admirers, and avoid a court martial.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17820
- Title
- The Feather Merchants [World War II Satire] [Author Signed]
- Author
- Shulman, Max
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- Humor
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