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HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE, FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH THE PURPLE CRAYON. HARPER & BROTHERS FIRST EDITION. Exlib. Acceptable Condition. No Dust Jacket is included. RARE.
Evvie by Caspary, Vera - 1960
by Caspary, Vera
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Evvie
by Caspary, Vera
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Evvie. By Vera Caspary, author of the haunting "Laura". (1960, Harper & Brothers Stated First Edition W/DJ) . EXLIB. Used. Good/Good condition Uncommon. Original unclipped $4.95 white DJ. Evvie, a Murder Mystery of the notorious roaring twenties. PLOT SUMMARY:" It was a time when skirts were short and hair was shingled. A time of speakeasies, hip flasks and bathtub gin. A time when Evvie Ashton, the beautiful society girl who modeled, danced, painted and loved promiscuously had come of age--knowing all the right people and doing all the wrong things...."
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- Edition Stated First Edition
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- Publisher Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1960
- Size 5 3/4 X 8 3/8
- Keywords exlib, Americana, American Histoiry, Women's Studies, Feminism, Feminist, Mid-Century America, American ethics, social anthropology, sexuality, murder, death, noir, women, female, Laura, Detective, Mystery, Rare, Vera Caspary
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Harold's Fairy Tale
by Crockett Johnson
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S.
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
by Peter L. Berger
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- 9780385159678
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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This used paperback book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and neat. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out.
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Harold's Fairy Tale
by Crockett Johnson
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE, FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH THE PURPLE CRAYON. HARPER & BROTHERS FIRST EDITION. Exlib. Acceptable Condition. No Dust Jacket is included. RARE.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S.
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Evvie
by Caspary, Vera
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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€12.17
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NY: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1960. DJ is bumped and scuffed with edgewear and protected by mylar. Pgs. are soiled with cut corner on fep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo.
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Evvie - w/ Dust Jacket!
by Vera Caspary
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Brookfield, Illinois, United States
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€26.22
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Harper and Brothers, 1960. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a First Edition hardcover book with 341 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright page states 1960 First Edition with no other dates or printings shown. The price is clipped from the DJ flap. The DJ has a blurry, faint illustration of a woman's face. The dust jacket shows a good amount of edgewear (No Chips). I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!
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Evvie
by Caspary, Vera
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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€32.03
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Harper, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Evvie
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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Harper, 1960. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
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Evvie
by Caspary, Vera
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Simi Valley, California, United States
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Harper, 1960-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.6000 8.3000 5.8000. Stated first edition on the copyright page. Wear and tear to the jacket. Pages are tannin but clean.
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Evvie
by CASPARY, Vera
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New York, New York, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First. hardcover. very good. 341 pages, 8vo, orange and gray cloth (tiny tear at head of spine). New York: Harper & Brothers, (1960). First edition. Very good condition.<br/> <br/> Signed in full by the author on the half-title page.<br/> <br/>
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Evvie
by Vera Caspary
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Luddenham, New South Wales, Australia
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London: Hachette UK, 1960. Hardcover/Vintage. Used. Hardcover Red & Gold Embossing. 1960 EDITION in excellent condition.It's 1920s Chicago, and Louise and Evvie, who have known each other since school, share an apartment. Worldly Evvie, a painter and dancer - supposedly married at seventeen and then divorced - is living on her alimony. Louise is a successful advertising copywriter and in love with her boss. Flouting the Prohibition, they party and enjoy a drink, and like the company of men. They're independent, making their own way in the world, beyond the confines of marriage and motherhood.But Louise's life is rudely interrupted by the brutal murder of Evvie - a crime that involves family, friends and Chicago itself.
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Evvie
by Caspary, Vera
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Inscribed to neighbors by author on half-title page and dated Christmas '61. Quarter bound in orange over gray paper covered boards. Half inch tear at head of spine but boards otherwise clean and pretty sharp. Textblock tight and square. Front endpapers are purple and bright with fairly long crease on first endpaper. No other markings. Price intact jacket has light edgewear to spine ends (light paper loss). and short closed tear and crease at bottom of front panel. In mylar. . Signed by Author. Early Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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EVVIE [SIGNED]
by CASPARY, VERA
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CARLSBAD , California, United States
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. Original quarter bound orange cloth over gray boards. Purple endpapers. INSCRIBED BY VERA CASPARY in year of publication "For Connie: In love and nostalgia and with the hope that it will be enjoyed in the spirit of its writing. Vera - August 3, '60." Vera Caspary (1899 - 1987) was an American writer of novels, screenplays and short stories. She was one of the most prominent women writers and playrights of her generation and also one of the most forward-looking in her terms of the role of women. Several of her books were made into movies including Laura directed by Otto Preminger in 1943. A near fine copy. Clean and tight with crisp text. Signed or inscribed books by this author are quite scarce. (Search our listings for three other inscribed titles by Vera Caspary). First Edition (Stated). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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- 9780393080049
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- 0393080048
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
by Kenneth Ewing Bailey
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- 9780802834768
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- 0802834760
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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- 9780802160478
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- 0802160476
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Merry Month of May: A Novel
by Jones, James
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States
by Alexander K. McClure & Charles Morris, LL.D
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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This book is an antique and is in fair condition. The binding is loose and cracked on the inside of the front board. Dark green cloth covered boards that have significant wear on the edges, spine and corners. The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front board. The pages are tanned and yellowed, but are still readable.Also a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt and "memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries"; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and "special pictures of the Family by Express Permission from the Owners"
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Cottonwood; A Novel
by Phillips, Scott
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- Used - Fine
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- fine
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- First edition. First Printing
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- 9780345461001
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- 0345461002
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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- 9782207238615
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- 220723861X
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
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- ISBN 13
- 9781501184321
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- 1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Temecula, California, United States
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€28.09
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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