BANQUET Five Short Stories
by Norris Joan, Editor; [Kumin Maxine; Oates, Joyce Carol; McGarry, Jean; Schwartz, Lynne Sharon; Brown, Rosellen]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1978. First Edition. Wood Engravings by Gillian Tyler. 8vo, original brown cloth over boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, in the original dust jacket. 101 pp. A fine and bright copy in the dust jacket. The title story from this collection of five is by Maxine Kumin. “Some of the strongest American writers are presented in this collection of stories by women about women with wood engravgings by Gillian Tyler.”-Publisher
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15196
- Title
- BANQUET Five Short Stories
- Author
- Norris Joan, Editor; [Kumin Maxine; Oates, Joyce Carol; McGarry, Jean; Schwartz, Lynne Sharon; Brown, Rosellen]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Penmaen Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, MA
- Date Published
- 1978
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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