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Maggie Now
by Betty Smith
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No dust jacket
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 437 numbered pp; Pages: clean, bright, and unmarked. Owner attribution in ink on front free endpapers. Fore edge deckled and top edge tinted orange. Minimal shelf wear. Maggie Now is the story of an Irish immigrant girl who is torn between answering her own needs and catering to the desirous men who dominate her life. She learns to navigate loss, separation, and hope as she forges her own path toward happiness. The author gained early fame from her previous book, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn". As a bonus, included with this book is a copy of the paperback March, 1958 periodical "Wings", the Literary Guild Review featuring the release of Maggie Now and highlighting the author, Betty Smith. The Wings periodical is very rare.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Select Tomes
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100177
- Title
- Maggie Now
- Author
- Betty Smith
- Format/Binding
- Blue cloth covered boards with 1/4 gray cloth spine, red stamped depiction of Brooklyn Bridge on the front, gold stamped letteri
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 5 3/4 X 8 1/2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Romance novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Classics;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2020
GAHANNA, Ohio
About Select Tomes
I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- New
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