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The Blowtop
by Alvin Schwartz
ISBN: 158754007X
ISBN-13: 9781587540073
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Olmstead Pr
Published date: 2001
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Pages: 211
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Olmstead Press. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 2001. Softcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS SOFTCOVER; Cover has some wear on edges. Cover/spine has minor creases and/or small tears. Some rubbing on cover. Price or other sticker on cover. ( more information) Offered by Experienced Books LLC (United States)
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Olmstead Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Olmstead Press, 2001 Illustrated stiff wrapper, 211 pages. Bottom edge of pages slightly damp-rippled, very slight creasing to front panel. First published in 1948, this reissued novel is now being re-assessed as the book that sparked the Beat Generation. It became a cult classic among Columbia University students including Kerouac and Ginsberg. Set in the drug and Bohemian scene of Greewich Village 1948, its characters are artists, writers, barflies, academics and the sources of an art movement about to sweep the world with names like Jackson Poolock, Willem deKooning, and Hans Hoffman. A clean, sound copy. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Sad Paradise Books (Australia)
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Olmstead Press. Very Good+. 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. The cover has minor shelf wear and the spine has no creasing. The pages are in great shape. ; 240 p. . ( more information) Offered by The Cracked Book, LLC (United States)
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Olmstead Press. PAPERBACK. 158754007X New and unused. Contains the very slightest of wear from time on the shelf. Looks like an interesting title! We ship daily, provide personalized customer service and want you to have a great experience purchasing from us. Thank you for your consideration. . New. ( more information) Offered by BennettBooksLtd (United States)
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