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The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound
by Abbott, Shirley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0899195180
- ISBN 13
- 9780899195186
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Volume has two-tone brown cloth covers with silver lettering on the spine. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. The author writes her memoir of her Arkansas childhood in the 1940's and 1950's and examines her difficult relationship with her father. Clean, bright, and tight. No bookplates, no owner names, no underlining, no highlighting, not ex-libras. As nice a copy as you are likely to find.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001801
- Title
- The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound
- Author
- Abbott, Shirley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0899195180
- ISBN 13
- 9780899195186
- Publisher
- Ticknor & Fields
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- ABBOTT, SHIRLEY-CHILDHOOD & YOUTH; FATHERS DAUGHTERS-UNITED STATES; BOOKMAKERS (GAMBLING)- ARKANSAS-HOT SPRINGS-FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; WOMEN AUTHORS,AMERICAN-NEW YORK (N.Y.)-BIOGRAPHY; ALFRED BEMONT.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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