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I Thought I Never Could
by French, Harold; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Forward]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 043616471X
- ISBN 13
- 9780436164712
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1973 First printing of the first U.K. edition. Publisher's black cloth and dust jacket with £2.50 price, Octavo, 163pp.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.'s copy (Who wrote the forward), with his armorial bookplate on front-free-endpaper (also, loosely laid-in is an auction card for The Estate of Douglass Fairbanks, Jr.
Signed and inscribed by Harold French to Douglas Fairbanks Jr., who wrote the Foreword.
Light bump to upper board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with mild edge wear, light tanning to spine, and a bit of age-toning to top edge of flaps, else dust jacket in fine condition.
Unique, signed-association copy , scarce thus.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021308
- Title
- I Thought I Never Could
- Author
- French, Harold; Douglas Fairbanks Jr. [Forward]
- Illustrator
- Diane Large
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 043616471X
- ISBN 13
- 9780436164712
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Autobiography, Drama, Signed Association Copy, Provenance, Hollywood, Poetry, American, Literature.
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About the Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
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