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Amateurs
by Barthelme, Donald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374103798
- ISBN 13
- 9780374103798
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($7.95), faded at the spine, a closed tear at the top edge of the back panel. Orange cloth with dulled gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a dark top stain, gift inscription on the verso of the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A collection of twenty stories by one of America's greatest postmodern authors.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8950
- Title
- Amateurs
- Author
- Barthelme, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374103798
- ISBN 13
- 9780374103798
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Postmodern, Short Stories, American Literature, 20th Century Literature
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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