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Smoking the City
by McCarthy, Bryan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 1965, hardcover, 88pp, Signed, First Edition, First Printing, Association copy, Signed, inscribed, and dated 1966 by the Author on the front endpaper to Don Hudson, popular CBC Radio, Calgary broadcaster from 1964 through 1989 and host of Wild Rose Forum. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, bottom corners and edge bumped, darkening to spine and edges. Dustjacket, edge nicked, short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. McCarthy's first collection of original poetry deals with "the horror and wonder of existence" in the smog-bound, virus-laden city. Dustjacket blurbs by Irving Layton and John Robert Columbo (The Tamarack Review).
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- Bookseller
- West of Eden Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7381
- Title
- Smoking the City
- Author
- McCarthy, Bryan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00
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West of Eden Books is a home-based bookseller selling exclusively on-line since October 2003. We specialize in Out-Of-Print and Collectible Books with interests ranging from the Fine and Performing Arts to Science, Sports and Modern Literature. We are in daily contact with top booksellers worldwide and are happy to provide free referrals on request. Most of our listed books are first edition, first printings, carefully researched through our own reference materials and many other available sources. Most books are in Very Good to Fine condition with any flaws carefully noted. All hardcover books with dustjackets will receive a new archival quality Brodart dustjacket sleeve prior to shipping. Customer service and satisfaction is of primary importance to us at West of Eden Books. Our feedback from customers has been overwhelmingly positive. We pride ourselves in this and pledge to address any issue with any of our products or services to your satisfaction. Digital images available on request.
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