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PICTURES AND CONVERSATIONS: Chapters of an Autobiography with Other Collected Writings
by Bowen, Elizabeth/Brown, Spencer Curtis (Foreword)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394478967
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478968
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 196 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ gilt title on brown cloth spine. Spine ends and corners of rear cover bumped. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. DJ lightly soiled w/ light edge wear. Tiny chip to top corner of front panel. Price clipped. Contents very nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6388
- Title
- PICTURES AND CONVERSATIONS: Chapters of an Autobiography with Other Collected Writings
- Author
- Bowen, Elizabeth/Brown, Spencer Curtis (Foreword)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394478967
- ISBN 13
- 9780394478968
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY BOWEN ELIZABETH DOROTHEA COLE 1899 1973 ANGLO-IRISH NOVELIST LITERATURE LITERARY WORKS COLLECTION WRITINGS NOVELS ESSAYS NATIVITY PLAY CRITICAL ESSAYS NONFICTION GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography; Plays;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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