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First edition

Bright Ambush

Audrey Wurdemann
$60One copy · this copy

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Book
Very Good
Jacket
Good
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RCB-6783d05ca160
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-6783d05ca160 · 13 photographs of this copy
Copyright 1934 by Audrey Wurdemann; 'Manufactured in the United States of America by The Davidson Press, New York : Typography by Richard Ellis'; title page 'The John Day Company, New York'; jacket priced $2.50; front flap notes George Sterling introduction.
examined on the copy in hand
Won Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1935.
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Flaws, each one named
1
Toning and light foxing to deckled page-block edges (visible on fore-edge shot)
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2
Jacket soiled/dust-shadowed with tan ring stain to front panel top
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3
Jacket wrinkling and creasing (partly from protective sleeve) across rear panel
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4
Light rubbing/soiling along jacket spine
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Price sticker '2.50' affixed to front pastedown/flyleaf area
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This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: Copyright 1934, John Day Company first edition. No number line used by this publisher/era; first printing typically identified by 1934 copyright with no later-printing statement, $2.50 jacket price, and John Day imprint. VERIFY definitive points.

First edition. First printing. 1935 Pulitzer Prize winner in poetry, at 25 years old, she was the youngest recipient of the award.

Copyright 1934, John Day Company first edition. No number line used by this publisher/era; first printing typically identified by 1934 copyright with no later-printing statement, $2.50 jacket price, and John Day imprint.

The dust jacket is included.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.