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On Boxing
by Joyce Carol Oates
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Seller
-
Templeton, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Doubleday, New York, 1987. Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition:Near Fine. First Edition, 1st Printing. Signed by author on title page in my presence at the L.A. Times Book Fair 4/2018 . Clean, tight, straight, tips are pointed, slight shelf wear to bottom spine, thought the jacket spine is tanned and there is slight foxing on top of the text block, it looks handsome in it's shiny new mylar cover..
Synopsis
A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Winding Road Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000311
- Title
- On Boxing
- Author
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Boxing
Terms of Sale
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Winding Road Books
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Templeton, California
About Winding Road Books
Specialize in Psychology, First Editions, Speculative Fiction
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