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Owl's Head: On the Nature of Lost Things
by Rosamond Purcell
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0971454868
- ISBN 13
- 9780971454866
- Seller
-
norwich, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
A fine stated first edition, full number line, no writing, marks, dog-eared pages; as new condition. Gilt type on jacket and on spine still bright.
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- Bookseller
- J books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00001
- Title
- Owl's Head
- Author
- Rosamond Purcell
- Illustrator
- photographs by Rosamond Purcell
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- stated first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0971454868
- ISBN 13
- 9780971454866
- Publisher
- The Quantuck Lane Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Pages
- 240
- Size
- 5.5"x8.25"
- Keywords
- photography, art photography, Rosamond Purcell, Maine
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
J books
Biblio member since 2012
norwich, Vermont
About J books
The books I offer for sale - online only - are in very good to collectible condition, primarily non-fiction hardcover titles, with a wide range of subject areas.
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- Number Line
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- New
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