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The Glorious Pool: Available Copies
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The Glorious Pool by Smith, Thorne
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York (1947)
Seller: Archer's Used and Rare Books (Kent, OH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $4.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $9.50
Quantity Available: 1. Category: Humor; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25111.
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket (1946)
Seller: Firefly Bookstore (Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $3.99
Shipping: $6.50
TOTAL Cost: $10.49
Text is in English. Size - H: 6.25', W: 4.25', D: .5' This item is Used and is listed as being in Good condition. Cover has some light edge wear and bumped corners. Binding is intact. Pages are clean, unmarked with minimal tanning. Lamination is coming loose of front edges. Still a good, sturdy copy. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.
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Glorious Pool by Smith, Thorne
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York (1948)
Seller: Lowry's Books (Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $5.00
Shipping: $5.95
TOTAL Cost: $10.95
Cover suffers corner bumping, rubbing, and edge wear. Text has yellowed with age but remains tight in binding. No ownership or other markings. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc, New York, NY (1963)
Seller: Lazy S Books (Austin, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $5.00
Shipping: $7.00
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
An 18th print from the early 1960s of Pocket Books edition, # 6189, of a mid 1930s humorous novel. "The frankly naughty, hilarious story about a modern fountain of youth." GGA cover. Light edge wear to the covers. Tight binding. Mild spine lean. Moderate browning to the pages - mostly the edges. A very good copy.
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The Glorious Pool # 409 by Smith, Thorne
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket Books (1947)
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA (St. Catharines, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $12.00
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $12.00
First Pocket Book edition, sixth printing # 409 of this stand-alone comedic fantasy novel. Creasing to the lamination on the cover. Age toning to the cover and pages. In Very Good Condition.
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Hardcover
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Publisher: ()
Seller: Heights Catalogues, Books, Comics (New York, NY, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $7.50
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $13.00
HELI8515 The Glorious Pool, Thorne Smith, Illustrator Herbert Roese, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1936, hc no dj, b&w, 292 pages, 7.75"x5.5" Small dots of stain on covers, small spot of abrasion on back cover, opening & closing spreads have yellow stains, otherwise almost new Ignore horizontal lines from scanner error
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The Glorious Pool by Smith, Thorne
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Sun Dial Press, Garden City, NY (1934)
Seller: BASEMENT BOOKS (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $7.21
Shipping: $6.95
TOTAL Cost: $14.16
Reprint. Hard cover 8vo in gray cloth w/blue dec and titles. About Fine book in Very Good DJ w/several small tears, minute chip, red pencil squiggle at heel. 292pp.
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Paperback
ISBN:
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York NY (1946)
Seller: Trench Books (Hudson, ME, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $10.00
Shipping: $4.95
TOTAL Cost: $14.95
Faint reading creases to covers, clean and unmarked; a nice sound and bright copy. Pocket Book #409, printed in Sept. 1946. Cover states "Pocket Book No. 154, 935,723".
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: ()
Seller: Visible Voice Books (Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $11.00
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $15.50
Sun Dial Press New York 1934 blue cloth boards are worn with rubbing, age toning, soiling, and staining. sunned spine. previous owner inscription to ffep. binding tight.
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The Thorne Smith 3-Bagger: The Glorious Pool / Skin and Bones / Topper by Smith, Thorne
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: The Sun Dial Press, Garden Citey, New York (1945)
Seller: Don's Book Store (Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $16.50
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $16.50
685 Pages. A 1945 Edition of the 1934 Copyright. Brown boards, black spine lettering with decorations. Some wear to cover edges and corners and binding is slightly loose but still relatively tight. No marks or stamps and pages are white. Contents in 15 Short Stories: Congratulations, Nockashima and the Bloodhound, Baggage Checks Out, Just a Dip at Twilight, Alarms and Incursions, The Major's Old And Rare, Exit on Hook and Ladder, The Lower Half's a Lady, Crown's Cosmopoolitan, A Walk Through Town, The House Beautilful, Sue Turns, Man Into Child, Of Human Bondage, and All in a Night's Work.
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The Glorious Pool by Smith, Thorne; Illus By Herbert Roese
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Sun Dial Press (1934)
Seller: Gardner's Used Books, Inc. (Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $12.07
Shipping: $4.50
TOTAL Cost: $16.57
1934. Sun Dial. hardcover no jacket. wear along edges of boards. pages toning. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.
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The Glorious Pool by Thorne Smith
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Methuen & Co (1948)
Seller: World of Rare Books (Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $11.00
Shipping: $6.43
TOTAL Cost: $17.43
1948. 15th Edition. 297 pages. Yellow pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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