Pipe Night [Inscribed & Signed]
by O'HARA, John; Wolcott Gibbs, pref
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1945]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in black and orange decorative dust jacket; xiv,205pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped, orange spine lettering faded, a few pieces of tape repair to jacket verso; old round dampstain to upper cover cloth, else Very Good in Very Good jacket. Collection of short stories, here inscribed and signed "To Pat, with love, John O'Hara, 24 Nov. '63." Quite possibly the "Pat" in question is O'Hara's closest friend later in life, J.W. "Pat" Outerbridge.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22556
- Title
- Pipe Night [Inscribed & Signed]
- Author
- O'HARA, John; Wolcott Gibbs, pref
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Duell, Sloan and Pearce
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1945]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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