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Broad Back of the Angel
by Rooke, Leon
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0914590421
- ISBN 13
- 9780914590422
- Seller
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HARWICH PORT, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Fiction Collective, 1977. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Fiction Collective, 1977. First edition. 8vo. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, one black and white illustration, 201 pp. A collection of short stories, by turns elegant and bawdy, ornate and sparse, told with tenderness and hope and always with a craftsman's commitment to form. Dust jacket has shelf-wear and two 1" flat tears. New, unread condition with a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover. A fascinating read and a must-have for collectors of Leon Rooke's works!.
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- Bookseller
- Respectful Exits (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EM-B1199-06
- Title
- Broad Back of the Angel
- Author
- Rooke, Leon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0914590421
- ISBN 13
- 9780914590422
- Publisher
- Fiction Collective
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- SHORT STORIES RELATIONSHIPS DYFUNCTIONAL DRAMA MARRIAGE
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