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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through The Americas
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395277884
- ISBN 13
- 9780395277881
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979-09-10. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. Price clipped dust jacket shelf worn with scuffs, soiling, scratches & small tears. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 404 pp.
Synopsis
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JCOStheroPatag
- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through The Americas
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395277884
- ISBN 13
- 9780395277881
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1979-09-10
- Size
- 9x6x1
- X weight
- 27 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
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- Price Clipped
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- Shelf Wear
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
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