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New Concorde, 1997-07-31. VHS Tape. Very Good. 1997 Concorde-New Horizons Corp.; cassette looks fine; very light shelf and corner wear on slipcase
THE CORDUROY PATCH. by Schaffer, Eddie - 1955
by Schaffer, Eddie
THE CORDUROY PATCH.
by Schaffer, Eddie
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
New York: Exposition Press, 1955. 200 pp, 8vo (8 1/8" H). B&w photographic frontispiece. Printed/typed presentation slip tipped-in at title page, stating: Present By / Mr. Eddie Schaffer (no signature). "(T)he product of a remarkable man, Eddie Schaffer, ex-Marine and currently one of the more popular bus drivers in the city of St. Louis. Here is a volume of amusing, significant and vivid poems on a wide range of challenging subjects: the mixed pleasures and duties of parenthood; the magnified emotions and adventures of children; the bittersweet experiences of adolescence; the personal adventures of a big-city bus driver; the confused excitement and swift tragedy of war as seen throught a Marine's battle-weary eyes." Light wear - mainly at the corners, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor soiling/browning on top of textblock, 2" bump/wrinkle at fore-edge of pages 101 to 122, small book store label and a stamped number 251 on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has chips, edge wear, a few tiny/small holes, soiling, rubbing, old tape repairs, and light foxing.. Typed Presentation Slip.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Poor.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition Poor
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Exposition Press
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1955
- Keywords St. Louis, Bus drivers, U.S. Marines, American poets, World War II, Missouri, Eddie Schaffer, Personal Reminiscences, Family Life, Parenthood, Children, Adolescence, Mid 20th Century America.