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Year in, You're Out
by Hoffenstein, Samuel
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Quarter cream vellum over red cloth boards, red leather title label, original clear mylar jacket, housed in publisher's black slipcase, deckle edge, uncut pages, (9.25 x 6 inches). 222 pages. Limited First Edition, number 175 of 250 copies for sale. Printed on all-rag watermarked paper, specially bound and SIGNED by author on limitation page. Samuel Hoffenstein (1890-1947) was an American poet, screenwriter, and playright, celebrated for his sharp wit and sardonic humor. He was a leading figure in both the literary and film industries; his screenplays include Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Phantom of the Opera. This work is a collection of poetry that masterfully blends humor, irony, and wit at the absurdities of everyday life that continues to resonate with modern readers. A clean, tight copy in the scarce lightly worn slipcase. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Octavo.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006191
- Title
- Year in, You're Out
- Author
- Hoffenstein, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Poetry
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Deckle edge
- Deckle edge is the feathered edge of a page. Traditionally and historically, this was a side effect of the process of making...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Uncut Pages
- 'Uncut pages', or simply 'uncut', traditionally refers to a book which has not been trimmed by rebinding. Prior to the...
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