THE FLY SWATTER
by DAWIDOFF, Nicholas
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- Hardcover
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Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
2002. DAWIDOFF, Nicholas. THE FLY SWATTER. NY: Pantheon Books, 2002. Sm. 4to., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Nice signed presentation by Dawidoff on the dedication page to a noted poet/critic: "For Estelle [Lientief], dear friend of the Gerschenkrons (Susanna Gerschenkron Wiener was one of three dedicatees of this book. Estelle's husband, Vassily, was a Harvard collegue of Gerschenkron). With gratitude and with much affection from ND, May, 2002." Near fine in d/j. $45.00.
Synopsis
Nicholas Dawidoff is the author of The Catcher was a Spy: The Mysterious Life of Moe Berg and In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music , and is the editor of the Library of America’s Baseball: A Literary Anthology . He is also a contributor to The New Yorker, The American Scholar, and The New York Times Magazine . A graduate of Harvard University, he has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy. He and his wife live in New York.
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- Bookseller
- Antic Hay Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53927
- Title
- THE FLY SWATTER
- Author
- DAWIDOFF, Nicholas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- 2002
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Asbury Park, New Jersey
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