Author: RUNBECK, MARGARET LEE
Title: People Will Talk
Description: Chicago, IL: The Reilly and (Ampersand) Lee Co, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Advanced Complimentary Copy (Review copy) notice tipped onto the front endpaper. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has all corners clipped . The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge tears, nicks, and chipping. There is rubbing and wear to the dust jacket flaps. This book is scarce, and especially so with the dust jacket. " (Runbeck) first appeared in print as an author before her thirteenth birthday when she had won a prize contest sponsored by a Washington newspaper, and on calling at the newspaper office, the surprised editor discovering that his prize winner was a child; became the editor of a weekly human-interest page feature, writing a column each week, the work to remain anonymous because of her youth and signed as "The Scribe," even her parents not knowing of this secret enterprize in their household; sponsored while still a sophomore at the University of Chicago and won the McLaughlin award for excellency of prose; then residing at Sharon, Massachusetts, began her adult writing career in Boston on The Christian Science Monitor; shortly turned to advertising; resigned her newspaper position and began to write fiction. " "People Will Talk" (1929) , her first novel, with Des Moines as its setting, describes the joysof Peter and Sally Lauren in their early married years whenthey buy a home and stretch their modest budget to purchase occasional ornaments." (from Annals of Iowa).. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Margaret Lee Runbeck Des Moines, IA Families Relationships
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Title: People Will Talk
Description: Chicago, IL: The Reilly and (Ampersand) Lee Co, 1929. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Advanced Complimentary Copy (Review copy) notice tipped onto the front endpaper. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good only dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has all corners clipped . The spine ends and corners of the book covers have edge tears, nicks, and chipping. There is rubbing and wear to the dust jacket flaps. This book is scarce, and especially so with the dust jacket. " (Runbeck) first appeared in print as an author before her thirteenth birthday when she had won a prize contest sponsored by a Washington newspaper, and on calling at the newspaper office, the surprised editor discovering that his prize winner was a child; became the editor of a weekly human-interest page feature, writing a column each week, the work to remain anonymous because of her youth and signed as "The Scribe," even her parents not knowing of this secret enterprize in their household; sponsored while still a sophomore at the University of Chicago and won the McLaughlin award for excellency of prose; then residing at Sharon, Massachusetts, began her adult writing career in Boston on The Christian Science Monitor; shortly turned to advertising; resigned her newspaper position and began to write fiction. " "People Will Talk" (1929) , her first novel, with Des Moines as its setting, describes the joysof Peter and Sally Lauren in their early married years whenthey buy a home and stretch their modest budget to purchase occasional ornaments." (from Annals of Iowa).. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket .
Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Margaret Lee Runbeck Des Moines, IA Families Relationships
Price: US$ 150.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42343
- Book number: 42343
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