While the Patient Slept
de EBERHART, Mignon G
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: William Heinemann, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Original green cloth with gilt titles. Bookplate of Hugh Hefner tipped-on to front pastedown, the spine is a touch sun faded, else near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. The second novel by Eberhart, America's answer to Agatha Christie. Presentation copy, Inscribed by Mignon Eberhart to Grace and Glenn Hefner, the parents of *Playboy* magazine founder Hugh Hefner, on the front flyleaf: "For Grace and Glenn Hefner with the abiding affection of the author, Mignon G. Eberhart, Valentine, Nebraska, June 1930." Accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Grace Hefner and Mignon Eberhart were sorority sisters at Nebraska Wesleyan University and remained lifelong friends. Hugh Hefner was supposedly born in Eberhart's Chicago apartment, which she sublet to the Hefners while she was touring Europe with her husband in 1926.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 437464
- Título
- While the Patient Slept
- Autor
- EBERHART, Mignon G
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1930
- Palabras clave
- AssociationCopy, Mystery, AmerLit20thCent
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Gloucester City, New Jersey
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
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- G
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