Faith BALDWIN / Private Duty Signed 1941

Description: Private Duty Author: BALDWIN, Faith Title: Private Duty Publication: New York: Triangle Books, [1941] Description: Hardcover. Small 8vo. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 338pp. Very good/very good. Text block lightly age toned as usual. Tight and quite handsome first reprint edition of this potboiler, first published in 1936 by The Blakiston Company. Tipped to the front flyleaf is a modern 3" X 4" bookplate with a color reproduction of Jean-Honore Fragonard's oil painting "A Young Girl Reading," below which the author boldly pens, "Signed by / Faith Baldwin." Delightful Meredith Law jacket art features a pastel portrait of the heroine in white nurse's cap. Notes the front jacket flap, "Pretty Carolyn Cutler generally knew her own mind. She had learned to during three long years of training at Updale, earning the right to sign herself, Registered Nurse. But now that she was successfully out on her own, she faced a problem which her nursing training alone couldn't solve. Three men wanted to marry her...." Baldwin (1893-1978) was a popular, prolific sentimental novelist well known from the 1930s through the 1960s. A superb, bright copy with a fine autograph addition. Seller ID: 33250 Subject: Books Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts deals in out-of-print and antiquarian books, autographs and historic documents, ephemera, maps and pre-1900 newspapers. We operated as an open shop from 1991-2014 in historic Galena, Illinois, and have transitioned to by appointment, mail order and book fairs. Member: ABAA, MWABA, The Manuscript Society. We take great pride in the quality of our stock and clean and cover all hardbound books in dust jacket sleeves or mylar. Every effort has been made to describe each item and any defects accurately. Terms & Shipping All orders ship within two business days. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. In order for the shipping discount on combined purchases to be applied, please wait for our invoice before making your payment. Books ship via USPS Media Mail with tracking. Expedited shipping via USPS Priority Mail can be requested. Please contact us for a quote before making your payment. Autographs, Maps and Ephemera always ship via USPS First Class or Priority. The default shipping charge is for Priority Flat Rate. For reduced shipping on very small items, please wait for our invoice before making your payment. Large or heavy items may require that additional charges be invoiced separately. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING We ship internationally using eBay's International Shipping Program. Autographs Guarantee We are professional, full-time autograph dealers with nearly 30 years' experience buying and selling, authenticating and providing appraisal services. All autographs are guaranteed authentic without time limit to the original purchaser. William Butts, co-owner, apprenticed under a well-known Chicago dealer in the 1980s. For years he authored two columns in Autograph Collector magazine and after more than 25 years remains book reviewer for Manuscripts (quarterly journal of The Manuscript Society), in which capacity he stresses autograph education and reference works as the cornerstone of any serious dealer or collector. He has lectured on autograph authentication and contributes reviews and articles to publications such as Fine Books and Collections.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

Price: 48 USD

Location: Galena, Illinois

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