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Wings (Photoplay edition)
by SAUNDERS, John Monk
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
-
Glendale, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in blue cloth stamped in black. Photo illustrated endpapers. 249 pp. Very good or somewhat better with strong, bright covers, 1927 Christmas gift inscription top of front free endpaper, some rippling to the upper outer corner of the text. In the uncommon original color illustrated dust jacket which is near fine with some shallow wear at the spine extremities and some rubbing along the flap folds and a small chip at the heel of the spine bottom. Novelization of the 1927 Paramount Pictures movie that was the winner of the first Academy Award for Best Picture. Hardcover in sky blue cloth stamped in black. Illustrated with scenes from the film starring Clara Bow and Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen. A real nice copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 241
- Title
- Wings (Photoplay edition)
- Author
- SAUNDERS, John Monk
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 249
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Cinema Studies, Photoplay
Terms of Sale
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glendale, California
About Reginald C. Williams Rare Books
Reginald C. Williams Rare Books LLC, specializes in books from the 16th through 20th century. We stock many books in the field of literature, Western philosophy, Greek classics, the history of ideas, Medicine & Science & fine sets. We are always looking to purchase individual books in our areas of interest.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
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