Rockaby and Other Short Pieces
by BECKETT, Samuel
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1981. First American Edition. First printing. Small octavo (21cm). Blue cloth (hardcover); 80pp. Board edges very mildly sunned, else Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped jacket (priced $12.95 on front flap), faintly toned at extremities.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58542
- Title
- Rockaby and Other Short Pieces
- Author
- BECKETT, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- MODERN DRAMA IRISH BECKETT FICTION LITERATURE, MOSTLY FIRSTS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Ireland;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- Jacket
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