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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
by Annie Dillard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0061219800
- ISBN 13
- 9780061219801
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Book Club Edition, indicated by no number line. Half-title page is directly inscribed by author "to Lynch Christian - best wishes always, Annie Dillard, May 15, 1974 Hollins, Virginia" using her real signature instead of her typical squiggle, making it a scarce copy.
Book is in Very Good+, with light discoloration (possibly dampstains) around edge ~1" of front of cloth cover, more of the same discoloration spots on rear of cover (see photos). Pages are clean and tight, no other notable faults.
Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition, with very light discoloration and 5 very small splatter marks on jacket spine, one scuff mark near center of jacket spine. Jacket has very light edgewear.
Synopsis
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek is the story of a dramatic year in Virginia's Blue Ridge valley. Annie Dillard sets out to see what she can see. What she sees are astonishing incidents of "mystery, death, beauty, violence."
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Details
- Seller
- Givens Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 19301
- Title
- Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
- Author
- Annie Dillard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0061219800
- ISBN 13
- 9780061219801
- Publisher
- Harper's Magazine Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- annie dillard, pilgrim at tinker creek, signed, inscribed, virginia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed; Virginiana; Nature/Outdoors;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
Glossary
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Spine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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