Salt Lake City, Utah: Peregine Smith Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 087905364X . INSCRIBED by author on reverse of full title page, "To Rolland L. Comstock - A kind & valued reader. Best Wishes Thom Palmer." "The unnamed narrator of this entertaining and brilliantly conceived farce is a struggling poet who supports himself by hawking paper cups filled with crab and shrimp to tourists on San Francisco's wharf. His life takes a dramatic turn when he meets and falls hopelessly in love with the sensuous and intelligent Maria Perpetua, an irresistibly beautiful authoress in the midst of composing a definitive opus on the gastronomic wonders of spinach." Ships same or next business day. Slight slant to spine. Minor edge wear. Tiny bumps on corners and spine ends. Overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minimal edge and shelf wear. Slightly yellowed on flaps. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 154 pages; Signed by Author .

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Bookseller: Good Books In The Woods (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 75328
Title: The Florentine Papers
Author: Palmer, Thom
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 087905364X
ISBN 13: 9780879053642
Publisher: Peregine Smith Books
Place of Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: 087905364X

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