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CROSSING OPEN GROUND
by Lopez, Barry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684188171
- ISBN 13
- 9780684188171
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Good. SIGNED by the Author on the half title, 8vo, gray quarter cloth with pale gold lettering on spine over powder blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) painting "Casting of Runes" by Alan Magee, 208 pages. SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION internally! Tight, clean, bright first edition. Light wear to the dust jacket (price-clipped). No previous owner or remainder marks. <br/> <br/> In works that explore environmental and humanitarian situations, Barry Lopez (born 1945 - ) has written novels, essays--as here--,and children's books. He has won the National Book Award, John Burroughs Medal, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award Medal, the Oregon Book Award, and others.
Synopsis
Barry Lopez is the author of six works of nonfiction and eight works of fiction. His writing appears regularly in Harper's , The Paris Review, DoubleTake, and The Georgia Review . He is the recipient of a National Book Award, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other honors. He lives in western Oregon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8290
- Title
- CROSSING OPEN GROUND
- Author
- Lopez, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684188171
- ISBN 13
- 9780684188171
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Arctic, polar bears, icebergs, global warming, environment, oceans, maps
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Half Title
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- Cloth
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