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The Red Hourglass : Lives of the Predators
by Grice, Gordon
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0713992522
- ISBN 13
- 9780713992526
- Seller
-
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Allen Lane/Penguin Books, 1998. First Edition . Cloth. As New/As New. (1st) Slightly smaller book, fine black cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 259 pages. DJ glossy light red and black with color photo of black widow spider on front and praise from Will Self, on back praise from Michael Pollan and Jeffrey Masson. DJ and book, both As New.
Synopsis
Gordon Grice's writing about the black widow spider has appeared in High Plains Literary Review and Harper's. It has been anthologized in Houghton Mifflin's Best American Essays 1996 and in college readers. Grice teaches humanities and English at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas. He lives in rural Oklahoma with his wife and their three-year-old son. From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40015
- Title
- The Red Hourglass : Lives of the Predators
- Author
- Grice, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0713992522
- ISBN 13
- 9780713992526
- Publisher
- Allen Lane/Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- POISONOUS ANIMALS PREDATORY ANIMALS
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Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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