Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. First edition with complete number line. Bookplate signed by author loosely laid in. Octavo; 441 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $10.95 price present; book bound in black cloth on spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards. Dust jacket is bright with light rubbing and edgewear, 2" long closed tear on recto. No chips. Slight lean to boards but binding is sound. Edges lightly foxed. Pages clean and unmarked.

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Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 12404
Title: Second Generation [Signed bookplate laid in]
Author: Howard Fast
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0395264839
ISBN 13: 9780395264836
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1978

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