Drifting Down the Delta
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Temecula, California, United States
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About This Item
Morrow, 1969. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Sm 4to. 205 pp. Light blue cloth with white lettering to the spine. Unclipped jacket ($7.50) has color photo of boats on the Delta and Gardner's photo on the rear panel. Jacket has light wear tot he spine extremities, light rubbing to the front panel and creases to the front flap - very good or better. Numerous photos throughout. Warmly inscribed by Garner on the half-title page to his friends Brad and Helen in June 1969, the year of publication.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Johnson Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 537
- Title
- Drifting Down the Delta
- Author
- Gardner, Erle Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Morrow
- Date Published
- 1969
Terms of Sale
Paul Johnson Fine Books
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About the Seller
Paul Johnson Fine Books
Biblio member since 2020
Temecula, California
About Paul Johnson Fine Books
I sell mostly literature including many signed books, poetry, and mysteries.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Inscribed
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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