Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Summer 1950 Selections
by Eric Williams, Cleveland Amory, A. B. Guthrie, Dick Grace
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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- Very Good/Acceptable
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First Edition of Second Volume of Reader's Digest Books. Hardcover in bright light blue boards in Acceptable DJ protected in Mylar. Tight binding Unmarked text. Vol. 2 of The inaugural year in the RDCB series, the Summer of 1950 Selections. This is either the debut of a venerable publishing tradition or the harbinger of a homogenized and bowdlerized post-war American literary culture. This showcase second volume contains the condensed versions of three popular novels of the day: "The Wooden Horse" by Eric Williams, "Home Town" by Cleveland Amory, "The Way West" by A. B. Guthrie, plus "a brief condensation of" "Visibility Unlimited" by Dick Grace. According to the jacket-flap blurb, "In order to select suitable books, the Editors survey all the outstanding new books." Long the bane of used bookstores and objects of derision from "serious" readers, the volumes nonetheless have been a fixture on the publishing landscape for seventy years now. Perhaps in a subtle bid to command a bit of respect for this longevity, the series' name was changed to the slightly more upscale-sounding "Reader's Digest Select Editions" in 1997. 092620
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72462
- Title
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Summer 1950 Selections
- Author
- Eric Williams, Cleveland Amory, A. B. Guthrie, Dick Grace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in bright light blue boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Reader’s Digest Association
- Place of Publication
- Pleasantville, N. Y.
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Reader’s Digest
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