The Touch
by Keyes, Daniel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. White DJ shows light soil and scuffing, a few chips top edge and a couple of 1/4 inch tears bottom edge. Top corner of last 10 pages creased ; A bright solid, book, DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Stated 1st Edition; 215 pages; When Karen Stark becomes pregnant, she and Barney are overjoyed. They've wanted a baby for so long. After an industrial accident, Barney unknowingly spreads radioactive dust into his neighborhood, into his home, and onto his wife's body. As frightened friends and neighbors become enemies, the dream of becoming parents turns into a nightmare. . . This is the second book by the author of 'Flowers for Algernon' .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10242
- Title
- The Touch
- Author
- Keyes, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Ainsworth Books
Satisfaction guaranteed - if I have made an error in the description, I will refund book and shipping both ways. If the customer just changes his/her mind I will only refund one shipping charge. Please contact me before sending a book back. Any dust jackets on books will have a Mylar protector. Books shipped from US or Canada.
About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
Glossary
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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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.