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The Human Comedy
by William Saroyan
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Harcourt Brace, New York, 1943. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. WILLIAM SAROYAN. The Human Comedy, New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1943. Octavo, probably a book club edition, pp. ix, 291, printed orange boards, illustration by Don Freeman, book club newsletter laid in. The author's family and others in a fictionalized version of California during World War II. Condition of this book: Jacket sunned, chip at head of spine. Minor staining at edges, overall very good. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; United States; 1940s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55041. .
Synopsis
A novel of an American family in wartime.
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 55041
- Title
- The Human Comedy
- Author
- William Saroyan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Humour; United States; 1940s; Fiction. William Saroyan The Human Comedy
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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