Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. First edition, second issue, with a six-page gathering containing a new title page and introduction by the author, tipped in. Number 704 of 2,000 numbered copies printed at Plantin Press in 1951, signed by the author. The original dustjacket was overprinted with Black Sparrow on the front and rear flaps. The original price and order form were also overprinted with diagonal marks. Decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges. 452 pages. (Harmsen and Tabor 90). Sanford was best known for scripting John Wayne's Oscar-winner, "True Grit" and he was also blacklisted during the McCarthy era of the 1950s. A clean unmarked copy.

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Bookseller: Great Northern Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 11529
Title: A Man Without Shoes
Author: Sanford, John B
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: very good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Limited edition
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
Place of Publication: Santa Barbara
Date Published: 1982
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction;

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