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HAUNTED BOOKSHOP, in Yellow & Black Dustjacket of man wearing TrenchCoat & Hat Holding Newspaoer, Lurking in front of bookstore , Roger Mifflin is now the proprietor of a bookshop in Brooklyn. Gentle love Story Runs

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HAUNTED BOOKSHOP, in Yellow & Black Dustjacket of man wearing TrenchCoat & Hat Holding Newspaoer, Lurking in front of bookstore , Roger Mifflin is now the proprietor of a bookshop in Brooklyn. Gentle love Story Runs

by CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, Front Inner Flap DJ has Madison Square top right corner. Blank endpapers Light Fox Sticker,former ink Owner Inscription, FORMER OWNER STAMP back blank Endpaper

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Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with LIPPINCOTT, 1919 HBDJ, 1919, 1ST EDITION THUS, GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, BOOK IS Turquoise BLUE COVER WITH NAVY BLUE LETTERING on Front & Spine Cvr, 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. 289 pgs. Hard Cover. Book Condition: GOOD+ Light rub, wear, Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD- ,Reprint Edition. 8vo . The dust jacket is in GOOD- condition with wear and tear and Tiny chipping along the edges & Extremities & SMALL CHIP TOP LEFT FRONT DJ Takes out part of top word THE. The jacket is in new clear protective covering. Fiction. Interior nice tight clean Light wesr, FOX & yellowing pgs Thruout , Slight DJ Spine Fade & Tiny end chips only affecting Top word THE, Back DJ Light wear fox Lists thru Margaret Wilson, Sun to Spine DJ , somewhat tattered but mostly whole. Blurb, "This book, while produced under wartime conditions, in full compliance with government regulations for the conservation of paper and other essential materials, is COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED." Has book store logo and previous owners' name, else unmarked, pages are yellowing., Gentle love Story runs thru the novel & an Exciting Bomb Plot of which the bookshop becomes the Tragic Scene.This is a suspenseful novel set in Brooklyn around the time of the end of World War I. It continues the story of Roger Mifflin, the book seller in Parnassus on Wheels. It also details an adventure of Miss Titania Chapman and a young advertising man named Aubrey Gilbert. The narrative begins with a young advertising man, Aubrey Gilbert, stopping by a bookstore nam. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

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Bookseller
BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
26590
Title
HAUNTED BOOKSHOP, in Yellow & Black Dustjacket of man wearing TrenchCoat & Hat Holding Newspaoer, Lurking in front of bookstore , Roger Mifflin is now the proprietor of a bookshop in Brooklyn. Gentle love Story Runs
Author
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY, Front Inner Flap DJ has Madison Square top right corner. Blank endpapers Light Fox Sticker,former ink Owner Inscription, FORMER OWNER STAMP back blank Endpaper
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, by arrangement with LIPPINCOTT
Date Published
1919
Keywords
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY FICTION BOOKS ON BOOKS BOOK COLLECTING MYSTERY

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$6.85 Media Mail USPS or Priority Mail INS. $10.95, CALIF. RESIDENTS ADD 9.00% SALES TAX, Returnable if NOT AS Quoted , after calling Bookstore within 7 Days for Return Number ! 562-438-9830 Please note we support shipments ONLY to the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, SOME Of Europe, Italy, Japan, , Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States (including U.S. protectorates).

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About BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS

Here Stands Our Store All Built of Thought, And Full to Overflowing Of Treasures, Books & Precious Things, Of Secrets for your Knowing. It's Windows Look Out Far & Wide & Beckon You... Please Come Inside ! THAT Is our Store Poem, FOR AUDIO READING OF JOE M. HIX POEMS GO TO POETRY.COM. We Sell Out of Print, Used, & 1st editions, Autographs, Collectibles. We work a lot with the Research Depts. of Hollywood Studios & TV Shows. Our Bookstore is located in a nice neighborhood setting on Broadway in Long Beach, CA in an Historic Area. Near the Beach with Views of Queen Mary & Aquarium of the Pacific & we have a friendly atmosphere where friends just drop in !! We have been at this location over 18 years. Altho SOON we will close Brick & Mortar BkStore to sell exclusively on Internet & by Telephone. Confidentiality Guaranteed & We Offer Courteous Service Under the Most Convenient & Inviting Conditions in which to Shop in Our Store. We have Lent books to the Ophray Winfrey TV Show for a airing on special Holiday gifts & to Martin Short TV Show, ETC. Have had Star Clients such as Faye Dunaway, Don Johnson, Penn & Teller, the Las Vegas Magicians, Ray Bradbury, Dreamworks David Geffen, Tony Duquettte, Jennifer Holiday, Etc. Etc. Visit our Page on Los Angeles Times Web Page Under Calendar Live which includes a Picture of our Bookstore. Movie Filming of " 11th Hour " at Bluff Park Rare Books on Broadway in Long Beach Finished Shooting Recently. The Entire Movie for Fox Was Shot in the Bookstore. Film Called, The 11th Hour, Had to do with Strangers meeting a Grown up Alice in Wonderland on Rainy Night in the Bookstore. My how Alice Has Changed !Filming of the Movie The Eleventh Hour aka The Journey Beneath Alice's Bed was An Original Screenplay by David Daniels . This is Fox's way of Discovering New & Upcoming Filmmakers & Actors & Camera People ETC, And it started Raining right on Cue when Filming Started ! The Filmmakers are doing this Short Film on a Relatively Small Budget , but who knows it Might Become the Next Blair Witch Project. It Will be Shown on TV's Bravo , Fox Family Channel & on the Internet ! It Turned out to be a Wonderful Experience & the Cast & Crew were Delightful. After 12 Hours or so of shooting, Around 4 A.M. each morning when filming concluded for that day , they were careful to put everything Back in its Original Place. Filming in such Cramped Quarters must have been a Challenge for the Young Filmmakers ! One of the Stars of the Film is Dead Ringer for a Rita Hayworth lookalike ! Other Characters were a Devil, Billionaire, Derelict, Etc. They also used a Lightning Machine whose Bright Light seemed to Give People Headaches & Many Wore Sunglasses During the Shoot ! They rented the recently Closed Antique Store next door to us for the Food Catering & for Actors to Hang out in waiting for Their Scenes !We At BPRB would highly recommend the Rental of your Premises if asked for Movie Filming ! We tried to get Amelia, Boston Terrier a Part in the Movie, We Also SELL GIFT CERTIFICATES, CONTACT US AT bluffpkbks@aol.com or call bookstore 562-438-9830

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