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Losing Battles
by Welty, Eudora
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Random House, 1970. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House, 1970. 8vo., first printing. 436 pages. Green cloth with gilt lettering and designs. A near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Minor sun fade to the cloth along top and bottom edges, title and author's name faintly etched onto front cover from dust jacket (light has passed through the dust jacket lettering and "exposed" the lettering on cloth). Otherwise fine, clean, crisp, tight copy in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo..
Synopsis
Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, Losing Battles is a collection of Eudora Welty stories are told by three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants as they gather to celebrate her 90th birthday and swap their tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002589
- Title
- Losing Battles
- Author
- Welty, Eudora
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- WELTY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary & Modern First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo.
Terms of Sale
The Wild Muse
Returnable within 10 days.
About the Seller
The Wild Muse
Biblio member since 2005
Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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