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The Man Who Loved Children
by Stead, Christina
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Review copy with the publisher's laid-in material. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), lightly soiled, rubbed at the edges and with a couple small chips. Cream cloth, a few stray stains, with blue and brown ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, clean internally. Stead's acclaimed novel about the Pollit family and the patriarch Sam, who is "given to incredible flights of imagination, and mysterious, often sadistic entertainments.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7193
- Title
- The Man Who Loved Children
- Author
- Stead, Christina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Australian Literature, Modern Literature, 20th Century Literature
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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