A Piece of Lettuce: Personal Essays on Books, Beliefs, American Places, and Growing Up in a Strange Country
by Elliott, George P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Clean stated first edition in unclipped dust jacket. Burgundy cloth boards with blind-stamped author initials on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages are clean. No names, writing or bookplates. 270 pages. Jacket is clean, not price clipped, has a few tiny nicks to spine top and bottom edges; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Personal essays on books, beliefs, American places and growing up in a strange country..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034990
- Title
- A Piece of Lettuce: Personal Essays on Books, Beliefs, American Places, and Growing Up in a Strange Country
- Author
- Elliott, George P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- ESSAYS, GEORGE P. ELLIOTT, AMERICAN CULTURE, BOOKS, FIRST EDITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
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Stanley, New York
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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