Maynard's House
by Raucher, Herman
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1980): G.P. Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. 240 pages, The author was famous for his autobiographical novel Summer of '42 (which also was made into a film). Austin Fletcher is a Vietnam veteran who is willed an isolated house deep in the woods of Maine by his buddy Maynard Whittier who died by a wayward mortar shell. It is a malevolent house in which no one dares to live. A mysterious force in the house becomes evident and as things get worse, he is finally ready to abandon the house when a blizzard takes place, and the more terrifying haunting begins. A near fine copy bound in ¼ dark blue cloth over lighter blue paper covered boards, spine lettering silver, in an unclipped near fine pictorial dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031559
- Title
- Maynard's House
- Author
- Raucher, Herman
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1980)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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