Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. Stated First edition. HC w DJ. MV VG+/VG. Quarter black over dark green cloth, silver spine lettering bright, slightest edgewear, remainder spray to bottom edge, foxing to fore-edge, binding tight, text clean. Unclipped DJ ($7.95) lightly edgeworn, in Brodart. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.

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Bookseller: Refuge Books: Used & Rare (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 190659
Title: The House of the Solitary Maggot
Author: Purdy, James
Format/Binding: HC w DJ
Book Condition: Used
Edition: Stated First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 1974
Pages: 360
Weight: 0.00 lbs

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Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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