SHORT DRIVE, SWEET CHARIOT
by Saroyan, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
(New York): Phaedra, 1966.. 1966.. Very good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The binding is slightly bumped & the top & bottom edges of the covers & the tail of the spine are rubbed. The dust jacket is chipped & lightly soiled with several short tears to the top & bottom edges of the panels. The dust jacket spine is faded with some tiny stains to the tail. 130 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white textual maps. Very good in a good dust wrapper. <p>First edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13404
- Title
- SHORT DRIVE, SWEET CHARIOT
- Author
- Saroyan, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (New York): Phaedra, 1966.
- Date Published
- 1966.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; AMERICAN; WILLIAM SAROYAN; SHORT DRIVE, SWEET CHARIOT; MAPS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Edges
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....