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Getting Off by Carpenter, Don - 1971

by Carpenter, Don

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Getting Off by Carpenter, Don - 1971

Getting Off

by Carpenter, Don

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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1971. First edition. 223 pp. Green cloth, spine lettered in silver, with the dust jacket. Minor spotting to top edge, ghost of paper clip indentation to top of the front panel of the jacket. Small indentation to first several leaves. Overall very bright and clean. Laid in is a Typed Letter Signed from Dutton editor Hal Scharlatt on Dutton letterhead presenting the book to Ken Millar (aka Ross MacDonald).

Carpenter's uncommon third novel, not reprinted except for a Pocket Books paperback the following year. With a blurb by Richard Brautigan, one of Carpenter's closest friends: "In microscopically-accurate detail Getting Off searches through the emotional odds and ends of an American marriage that has just turned into a pile of junk. This is a very brave book about love.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Edition First edition
  • Publisher E.P. Dutton & Co
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1971

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Getting Off

Getting Off

by Carpenter, Don

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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780525113300 / 0525113304
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E.P. Dutton & Co, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x0. Green cloth boards under white DJ, 8vo, 223 pp. Very slight slant, very minor toning to DJ spine panel. DJ price of $5.95 intact, 2nd printing. The fourth novel from the author of "Hard Rain Falling.
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Getting Off : A Novel
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Getting Off : A Novel

by Carpenter, Don

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Used - Very Good
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780525113300 / 0525113304
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Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Getting Off

by Carpenter, Don

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  • Hardcover
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Used
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First Edition ~1st Printing
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Hardcover
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Woodland Hills, California, United States
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New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1971. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; a few small cracks along top edge of jacket, gentle wrinkling to top of jacket spine else a tight square unmarked copy in clipped dust jacket; cloth and text are nearly as new; stated first edition; a scarce first printing, especially in this condition; acclaimed author's third novel; photos on request
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