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Literature & Landscape; Writers of the Southwest
by Cynthia Farah
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0874042062
- ISBN 13
- 9780874042061
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press, 1988 Texas Western Press, El Paso, TX. 1988. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. DJ: New. Tan tweed boards with aqua cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and yucca in gilt on front board.137 pp 4to. 50 of the Southwest's greatest authors and their portraits fill this book explaining the role of the Southwestern landscape and their writing. They are authors of fiction, histories, stories, plays, poems, essays, and children's books. In addition to the 50 author's words, biographical and bibliographical information is given on each. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007625
- Title
- Literature & Landscape; Writers of the Southwest
- Author
- Cynthia Farah
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0874042062
- ISBN 13
- 9780874042061
- Publisher
- Texas Western Press
- Place of Publication
- El Paso, TX
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Southwest, Southwestern writers, Southwestern authors, Paul Horgan, Tom Lea, N. Scott Momaday, Mark Medoff, Max Evans, Tony Hillerman,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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