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Angela's Ashes A Memoir
by McCourt, Frank
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, (1996). First Edition. First Printing Near fine in 1/4 maroon cloth and maroon paper covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches with green end sheets with crimping to the the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket which shows similar crimping to the ends of the spine area to match the spine of the book. The Winner of the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction. 363 pages of text. An extremely handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB29285
- Title
- Angela's Ashes A Memoir
- Author
- McCourt, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1996)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Jacket
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- Quarto
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- Price Clipped
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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