New York: Whittlesey House, 1945. 1st. Hardcover. A Fine copy in price clipped pictorial dust jacket, all housed in a handsome custom 1/2 morocco (five raised bandsat spine, elaborately tooled with two burgundy labels, and green cloth slipcase - very nice package!. Octavo; 173 pages. Inscribed on front free end paper 'For Ingle Barr/- Because Gene Ahern/- that grand guy we both/know - wants you to/have this book. And my/greetings to you go with/it. Take care of yourself/- Max Miller/La Jolla , California' llustrated with official U.S. Navy and Coast Guard photographs. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

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Bookseller: Carpe Diem Fine Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11709
Title: The Far Shore (Inscribed by author)
Author: Miller, Max
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: A Fine copy in price clipped pictorial dust jacket, all housed in a handsome custom 1/2 morocco (five raised bandsat spine, elab
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st
ISBN 10: 0902689266
ISBN 13: 9780902689268
Publisher: Whittlesey House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1945
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Bookseller catalogs: Americana;

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Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, signed and unusual books in all fields – with an emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West. Proprietors James Bryant and Mary Hill have served an international clientele of private collectors and libraries since 1995. Their book gallery, located in a charming 1930's Carmel stone building just steps from the Robert Louis Stevenson House in historic Old Monterey, features a constantly changing inventory - from the classics to the unexpected.

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