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The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
by Steinbeck, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG
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About This Item
NY: Viking Press. VG. 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition quarter bound in yellow cloth and orange patterned cloth covered boards. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4", 188 pages. A Very Good copy in a Ver y Good dust jacket. The yellow cloth spine is dust soiled and has ligh t rubbing at its tips. Mild toning to the page margins, but the book i s otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has rubbing to both spine tips. Small rubs to its corners. Its spine is mildly faded and the panels are dust soiled. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois. .
Synopsis
In his only work of political satire, The Short Reign of Pippin IV , John Steinbeck turns the French Revolution upside down as amateur astronomer Pippin Héristal is drafted to rule the unruly French. Steinbeck creates around the infamous Pippin the most hilarious royal court ever: Pippin’s wife, Queen Marie, who “might have taken her place at the bar of a very good restaurant”; his uncle, a man of dubious virtue; his glamour-struck daughter and her beau, the son of the so-called “egg king” of Petaluma, California; and a motley crew of courtiers and politicians, guards and gardeners. This edition includes an introduction by Robert Morsberger and Katharine Morsberger.
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On Dec 27 2011, Okfine said:
One of the greatest novelist of our time. He really knows how to describe our tainted lives.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55514
- Title
- The Short Reign of Pippin IV: A Fabrication
- Author
- Steinbeck, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1943
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Dearly Departed Books
Selling books since 1978. We specialize in SF, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western & Pulp Fiction. With an inventory of more than 35,000 Hardcover 1st editions, Vintage Paperbacks , Pulp Magazines & general antiquarian books. Store front open by chance or appointment.
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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