Sweet and Sour: Comments on Books and People
by O'Hara, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1954. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Octavo. ii + 164 pp, 27 short chapters - non-fiction. Binding tight and square, pages clean, unmarked, paper well-preserved. A tiny nick to rear board at lower edge. 5.5" x 8.2" brown cloth backed, multi-colored letters to spine, rust-russet marbled papered boards, in unclipped illustrated DJ in acetate protector. DJ spine partially faded, lower rear edge with faint short closed tear. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009598
- Title
- Sweet and Sour: Comments on Books and People
- Author
- O'Hara, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 - April 11, 1970) - American author of Butterfield 8, Appointment in Samara, etc.
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- 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....
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Octavo
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