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PIECES AND PONTIFICATIONS
by Mailer, Norman
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/About Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0316544183
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544184
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/About Very Good. A collection of Mailer's work in the 1970s in basically two parts: "Pieces" of his favorite short writing on film, art, litereature, television, espionage; and "Pontifications" or interviews he gave ranging on topics as diverse as sex, God, rock, science, magic, violence and women's liberation. Both sections show, as Mailer notes in the preface, his "shell-shocked despair" over the history made in that decade. Text shows a single, penpoint-sized mark on the fore edge; front cover near top of spine and top of spine itself show some slight fading, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The white dustjacket, though basically whole, shows some very light staining on front panel, minor creasing and chipping at the spine ends and three penpoint ink dots on the rear flap. Still a solid copy of the preoccupations of one of America's most colorful writers during an important period of his life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004381
- Title
- PIECES AND PONTIFICATIONS
- Author
- Mailer, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0316544183
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544184
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- ESSAYS, FIRST EDITION, INTERVIEWS, 70S, SEX, MEDIA, SPY, POLITICS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/criticism; Fine Literature; Essays;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- Spine
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise