TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY: AND OTHER STORIES
by Shaw, Irwin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Inked name to front free end paper, some foxing, several small black spots to cloth, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jack
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, [1957]. First edition. Inked name to front free end paper, some foxing, several small black spots to cloth, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light shelf wear to spine ends, overall dust soiling and some light foxing, color fade of red ink of spine panel. (24680). Octavo, cloth. Collect ten stories.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24680
- Title
- TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY: AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Shaw, Irwin
- Book Condition
- Used - Inked name to front free end paper, some foxing, several small black spots to cloth, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jack
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1957]
- Keywords
- Lit . SC
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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