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In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
by Wolff, Tobias
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0912946822
- ISBN 13
- 9780912946825
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Ecco Press, 1981. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. Stated first edition. White cloth, gilt spine titles. Trace of wear along bottom edge else a fine copy. fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped; it has some light soil else is fine as well. Inscribed by the author on the half title; "For my friends Peter and Jackie...." dated 1981, th eyear of publication.
Synopsis
Among the characters you'll find in this collection of twelve stories by Tobias Wolff are a teenage boy who tells morbid lies about his home life, a timid professor who, in the first genuine outburst of her life, pours out her opinions in spite of a protesting audience, a prudish loner who gives an obnoxious hitchhiker a ride, and an elderly couple on a golden anniversary cruise who endure the offensive conviviality of the ship's social director.Fondly yet sharply drawn, Wolff's characters stumble over each other in their baffled yet resolute search for the "right path."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50324
- Title
- In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
- Author
- Wolff, Tobias
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0912946822
- ISBN 13
- 9780912946825
- Publisher
- The Ecco Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
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- Dustwrapper
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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