The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
by Brautigan, Richard, author
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- About very good to very good(-); binding glue is a bit brittle
- ISBN 10
- 0671221566
- ISBN 13
- 9780671221560
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. First paperback edition (first printing (full number line). Paperback. About very good to very good(-); binding glue is a bit brittle. Octavo in glossy stiff paper wraps illus in yellow and brown; 216 pages; 21 cm. Touchstone book. [series].
The year is 1902; the setting, Eastern Oregon. A 15-year-old Indian girl wanders into a whorehouse looking for men to kill the monster that lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's house. Armed with a trunkful of guns, two men set off in search of the Hawkline Monster. What follows is a series of unusual and often comic encounters in this parody of two literary genres
Monstres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Monsters. Book jackets. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Fictional Work Gothic fiction. Western stories. Fiction. Gothic fiction. Western fiction. Western stories. Gothic novels. Western fiction. Gothic fiction. Novels. Dust jackets (Binding) Embossed stamps (Provenance) Romans. Geographic: Oregon -- Fiction. Oregon -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Oregon.
The year is 1902; the setting, Eastern Oregon. A 15-year-old Indian girl wanders into a whorehouse looking for men to kill the monster that lives in the ice caves under the basement of Miss Hawkline's house. Armed with a trunkful of guns, two men set off in search of the Hawkline Monster. What follows is a series of unusual and often comic encounters in this parody of two literary genres
Monstres -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Monsters. Book jackets. Gothic fiction (Literary genre) Fictional Work Gothic fiction. Western stories. Fiction. Gothic fiction. Western fiction. Western stories. Gothic novels. Western fiction. Gothic fiction. Novels. Dust jackets (Binding) Embossed stamps (Provenance) Romans. Geographic: Oregon -- Fiction. Oregon -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. Oregon.
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- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100282
- Title
- The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard, author
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - About very good to very good(-); binding glue is a bit brittle
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback edition (first printing (full number line)
- ISBN 10
- 0671221566
- ISBN 13
- 9780671221560
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Monsters -- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Novels;
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- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...