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WALTER BENJAMIN AT THE DAIRY QUEEN - Reflections at Sixty and Beyond
by McMurtry, Larry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684854961
- ISBN 13
- 9780684854960
- Seller
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Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. A collection of essays about McMurtry's early years in the small town of Archer City, Texas; and of his experiences as a reader, a writer and a bookseller. First edition, first printing (with commplete numberline). About 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches, 204 pages in tan paper-covered boards with blue backstrip and gold lettering on spine. Both panels of the dustjacket show a color photo of a Dairy Queen along a stretch of dusty two-lane rural highway. Title is in black lettering, author in white with same black and white lettering on spine. A black& white photo of McMurtry is on the back fold. Boards and text are in "as new" condition with no noticeable flaws or damage. No markings of any kind, no underlining, highlighting or marginal notes. Clean, complete. The dj has been price-clipped, o/w it is also in very fine condition. A review of the book, by Thomas Mallon, apparently clipped from the Nov. 21, 1999, NY Times Review of Books, is laid-in. Mallon notes that "Despite McMurtry's insistence that this new book is intended as autobiography, it reads tantalizingly like the notes toward one."
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006120
- Title
- WALTER BENJAMIN AT THE DAIRY QUEEN - Reflections at Sixty and Beyond
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684854961
- ISBN 13
- 9780684854960
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Larry McMurtry, essays, non-fiction, Archer City, Texas, bookselling, books, reading, family history, social relationships
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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