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SHOW BOAT
by FERBER, Edna
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate on the front free endpaper; a little soiling to the spine. Still Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with some
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front free endpaper; a little soiling to the spine. Still Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with some splitting at the top edge. Copy #76 of only 201 numbered and SIGNED copies of perhaps Ferber's best-known book, published a year after her Pulitzer-Prize winning SO BIG. Source for the musical and film starring Paul Robeson.
Synopsis
Edna Ferber was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her bestselling novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big , Show Boat , Giant , and Cimarron . She died in 1968.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018496
- Title
- SHOW BOAT
- Author
- FERBER, Edna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate on the front free endpaper; a little soiling to the spine. Still Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase with some
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Page & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- Signed, Modern Firsts, Literary Firsts, Musicals, Edna Ferber, Women's Literature, Modern First Editions, Limited, Movie Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Movie Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Bookplate
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