The Snake Pit
by Ward, Mary Jane
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Signet/New American Library, 1948. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Novel about a woman's incarceration in a mental hospital, basis for the chilling movie starring Olivia de Havilland. Orig. published in hardcover in 1946 & in this Signet mass market paperback (D1887) format in 1948; this is the 7th paperback printing from 1960, with same original naked woman cover art. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright--feels never opened! Binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned commensurate with age, heavier around edges. Very light creasing to some corners & rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022669
- Title
- The Snake Pit
- Author
- Ward, Mary Jane
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet/New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- MENTAL ILLNESS MENTALLY ILL INSANE INSANITY WOMEN FICTION NOVEL MOVIE FILM ASYLUM INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Vintage Paperbacks; Psychology-Psychiatry-Mental Health/Illness;
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La Mesa, California
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- Rubbing
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