New York: Dodd & Mead, 1942. First edition. First Printing. In peach cloth covers with stamped gilt drawing on front cover and gilt lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Bumping to ends of spine and upper front cover. Moderate shelf wear. Jacket is intact with price on upper fornt flap. Missing piece on lower spine. Bumping and chipping of edges. Heavy shelf wear. In new protective jacket cover. Photos upon request. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Illus. by Alajalov. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quaker House Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004542
Title: Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Author: Cornelia Otis Skinner and Emily Kimbrough
Illustrator: Alajalov
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Publisher: Dodd & Mead
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1942
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Biography
Bookseller catalogs: Biography;

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