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The Off-Season
by Covino, Michael
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0892550996
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550999
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Persea Books, 1985. BC5 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light fading on the top and bottom board edges. The dust jacket shows moderate overall shelf wear plus there is some very light edge wear along the top and bottom edges with some very light chipping around the spine top and bottom edges and right corners plus there is some heavy rubbing on the front plus there is a small (less than 0.5") closed tear on the front at the top right corner plus there is another small (less than 0.5") closed tear on the back cover at the top right corner plus there is a patch of surface gloss damage (about 0.75"x1") from a label on the front near the top right corner. A collection of nineteen short stories that are provocative in their commentary on contemporary American culture. The author is a winner of a Felllowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in fiction and the Joseph Henry Jackson Award. By the author of "The Negative" and "Unfree Associations." 197p.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW06470
- Title
- The Off-Season
- Author
- Covino, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0892550996
- ISBN 13
- 9780892550999
- Publisher
- Persea Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Literature Literary Ficiton Short Fiction Short Story Short Stories Joseph Henry Jackson Award
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Stories; Literature / Literary Short Stories;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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