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The Tokyo-Montana Express
by Brautigan, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- Condition
- very good
- ISBN 10
- 0440087708
- ISBN 13
- 9780440087700
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1980. Undetermined. very good. 1st Trade Edition. xiv,258pp. Octavo. Unclipped dust jacket over quarter cloth and paper boards. Gilt titles to spine and decoration to front board. Very slight wear to head and tail of dust jacket. Small (< 1") closed tear to rear panel of dust jacket. Corners bumped. Edges of text block a bit dusty. *Signed* and inscribed in Brautigan's distinctive hand "This Copy is for Jeanette" on title page. Stylish ownership signature of Francois Seguin "Fev. 1982- N.Y. - MTL Local!" on page [i] and his pen annotation to page 7. Possibly the copy of Canadian producer Francois Seguin. A tight copy, uncommon signed. First trade edition of Brautigan's 9th novel and penultimate before his death in 1984. Brautigan, a poet, novelist, and influential member of California's counter culture, was a recluse and died in his home in 1984. Hence, copies of his books, especially later books, are uncommon signed. 1980
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133732
- Title
- The Tokyo-Montana Express
- Author
- Brautigan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0440087708
- ISBN 13
- 9780440087700
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Counter-Culture|Beat Generation|Literarature|Richard Brautigan|Modern Firsts
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- Text Block
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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...
- Jacket
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Title Page
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