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Pal Joey
by O'Hara, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1940. Hardcover. 195p., states first edition but actually second printing issued after the Broadway play version, in cloth with tattered second state dj depicting Joey and his "Mice" The book is a compilation of related short pieces in epistolary style written for the New Yorker in 1939. The novel was published first in 1940 just before the Broadway musical version was mounted. This is the first edition (as stated) but in a second state jacket to capitalize on the success of the play. Later filmed in 1957 with Frank Sinatra.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 320296
- Title
- Pal Joey
- Author
- O'Hara, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan, & Pierce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; 1930S; Movie source film; Theater, theatre;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...