The Oasis (Horizon: Volume 19, Number 110: February 1949)
by McCarthy, Mary; Connolly, Cyril (editor)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[Horizon], 1949. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing and browning to wrappers (chiefly to extremities); publisher's ink deletions to text; slight internal browning to edges. [3], 76-152 pages. 'Winning Short Novel in 'Horizon's' Summer Competition' (publisher's printed wraparound); notable for the editorial deletion of the surname of one protagonist throughout. Uncredited introduction (probably by editor Connolly). One of an unspecified number of copies, printed at The Curwen Press. Nice copy, with original publisher's printed wraparound present.Advertising Matter.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L059412
- Title
- The Oasis (Horizon: Volume 19, Number 110: February 1949)
- Author
- McCarthy, Mary; Connolly, Cyril (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- [Horizon]
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Fiction McCarthy, Mary American Literature 20th Century American Fiction Short Story Periodical Journal Prize QX91, , , , , , ,
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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