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A Confederate General from Big Sur
by Brautigan, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
-
Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Grove Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in silver gilt. First edition. Bookplate to half title page, trace staining to cloth, trace rubbing to spine gilt, faint offset to endpages. Tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is clipped to flap corner, slightly affecting the number 5 in $3.95. The DJ is a bit creased to front panel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
A Confederate General From Big Sur is Richard Brautigan's first novel, published in 1964. The story takes place in 1957. A man named Lee Mellon believes he is a descendant of a Confederate general who was originally from Big Sur. This general is not in any books or records and there is so far no proof of his existence. Although Mellon meets a drifter from the Pacific Northwest who has also heard of this general.
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Details
- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33067
- Title
- A Confederate General from Big Sur
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1964
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
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