Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. 6 p. L., [3]-237 p., 1 L. incl. front., illus. 22 cm. "The original article on which this book was based first appeared in the pages of the April, 1946, issue of Fortune magazine. " read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Steig, William. Good. No dust jacket. 237 p. Orange paper over boards with blue cloth spine and purple and blue lettering and design. Good plus condition. Clean & unmarked inside. Solid & square. Two corners barely bumped. Light wear to upper/lower edges, tips of corners. Slight sun discoloration to spine. Almost imperceptible soiling to covers with a few light... read more
Edition: 3rd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date Published: 1947
Description: G- Spine slightly cocked and has some edge wear, cover page missing, some writing on title page, pages yellowed, text tight and free of marking. read more
Description: Acceptable. Sticker residue on back cover. Cover has a few marks/spots. Corners are a little bent/rounded on cover. Cover has some light wear and tear on the edge. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good with no dust jacket. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner.; 6 p. L., [3]-237 p., 1 L. Incl. Front., illus. 22 cm. Includes Illustrations. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed.; "The original article on which this book was based first appeared in the pages of the April, 1946, issue of Fortune magazine. " read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780897332453ISBN:0897332458
Description: Fine with no dust jacket. 0897332458. Great Value. Prompt delivery with tracking. Satisfaction guaranteed.; 0.69 x 8 x 5.08 Inches; 237 pages. read more
Description: Very Good. B000UTCVRQ Pages slightly browned from age. Previous owner's name on inside page. Popular Library paperback; not torn or written in; s. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Book 505
Date Published: 1948
Description: William Steig. Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Cover is rough with wear on edges. Page edges have yellowed, but seem tight, 1st paperback printing. C- read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pocket, New York
Date Published: 1948
Description: Steig, William. Good. No Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Shelf and edge wear to wraps. Some minor creasing. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780897332453ISBN:0897332458
Description: William Steig. Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners creased/ several pages and page tips creased. read more
"It was an okay read, and one of the few books I can say this about...I enjoyed the movie (Cary Grant version) far more than the book. So, I'd highly recommend the movie, but read the book only if you've nothing else to read."
"Hysterical!! 1930s semi-screwball comedy of errors in which a Manhattan couple decides to build a house in the country. Everything that can go wrong...
Made me feel better about my own real estate fumblings. It was also highly quotable, as when Mr. Blandings learns that he must pay the full balance of the mortgage because he didn't get the consent of the mortgage holder before tearing down the house to build a new one:
"I make it a point not to criticize your drinking habits, even when I do not approve of them," said Mrs. Blandings, "but when you tip the bottle up and I can hear it gurgle at least three times, I think I am bound to say that it strikes me as not only unwise, but vulgar.""
"OK do I love the book, or do I love the Cary Grant movie, which I will watch soon as a follow up? Possibly both. I have read the book before (I have the 1956 edition, dog eared and yellow paged) and I also have seen the movie. This book is a great reason why people should not bild houses. Funny, satirical, totally believeable, and it really does give a feeling for America in the 1940s."
"There is no one who has ever built a home or a major addition that can't relate to this book.
Written in the mid-1940s, it was made into a movie in the early 50's with Cary Grant and Myrna Loy that virtually used the book as a script, not merely a story line. Both are hilarious.
To escape the tiny Manhattan apartment, the Blandings decide to buy a house in suburban Connecticut - a creaky old house that they quickly decide (or is decided for them) to tear down. The modest house Mr. Blandings envisions soon grows to what we'd today call a McMansion, thanks to the well-intentioned efforts of Mrs. Blandings ("it's just a little flower sink, dear"), the architect, the well driller, and all the other characters in what Mr. Blandings thinks is a great conspiracy to defraud him. All live hapily in the end, of course."
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