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The Venus Tree
by Pritchett, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0877452202
- ISBN 13
- 9780877452201
- Seller
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About This Item
Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0877452202 . INSCRIBED by author on half-title page, "To Rolland, Your enthusiasm for my work has meant a great deal to me. Thank you. Michael Pritchett." The John Simmons Short Fiction Award. Stated First Edition. "In The Venus Tree Michael Pritchett powerfully explores the themes of lost innocence - innocence abandoned, stolen, and occasionally regained or revisited." Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Slight slant to spine. Minimal edge wear. Small bumps on spine tail and bottom left corner of back board. Overall, pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge and shelf wear. Tiny creases on top corners. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 129 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76058
- Title
- The Venus Tree
- Author
- Pritchett, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0877452202
- ISBN 13
- 9780877452201
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Place of Publication
- Iowa City, Iowa
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0877452202
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