HARVEST SON; Planting Roots In American Soil
by Masumoto, David Mas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393046737
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046731
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. B&W photos. SIGNED by Author on title page & Inscribed on half title; 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards; archival polyester-protected pictorial & photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) designed by Barbara Di Wilde; illustrated with 10 pages of B&W photographs plus a few in-text images; 302 pages. David Mas Masumoto Mas Masumoto is an organic peach and grape farmer and the author of eleven books including: Epitaph for a Peach, Wisdom of the Last Farmer, Heirlooms, Letters to the Valley, Four Seasons in Five Senses, Harvest Son, Country Voices, and Silent Strength.<br/><br/>He is the winner of the UC Davis "Award of Distinction" from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 2003.<br/><br/>EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in most respects. Dust jacket is price-clipped but clean and bright.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6746
- Title
- HARVEST SON; Planting Roots In American Soil
- Author
- Masumoto, David Mas
- Illustrator
- B&W photos
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393046737
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046731
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Farming, fruit, photos, California, peaches, immigrant, Chinese, American
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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