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Midnight on the Desert: Being an Excursion into Autobiography During a Winter in America 1935-36
by J.B. Priestley
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
A$30.66A$21.46
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1937 Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York. 1937. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/Printing B-M (FEB 1937). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board edges; slight soiling to boards. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Blue glittered endpapers. Clean internals; interior hinges are sound and not split. Deckle fore edge and bottom. 310 pp 8vo. Priestley was an English author who spent a winter in Arizona and California, which inspired a multitude of thoughts on the American landscape, the promise of achievement in the United States, the inauthenticity of Hollywood, the task of authorship, and more. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014120
- Title
- Midnight on the Desert: Being an Excursion into Autobiography During a Winter in America 1935-36
- Author
- J.B. Priestley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- America, The United States, autobiography, the American people, the American West, American music, poverty in America, American food, American trains, Hollywood, American movies, treatise on America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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