Acquainted with the Night: and Other Stories
by Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060153075
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153076
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0060153075 . SIGNED by author on full title page. These stories "deal mostly with civilized people who are forced to confront their creaturely existence - its uncertainties, its changes, its messiness, its inner howling." Ships same or next business day. Remainder stamp on head edge. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on front paste-down endpaper. Book has minimal edge wear; overall, pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival cover. DJ has minor edge wear, 1/3-inch tear on spine head, light red rubs on interior of jacket, tape on interior of jacket at stress point. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 226 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62208
- Title
- Acquainted with the Night: and Other Stories
- Author
- Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060153075
- ISBN 13
- 9780060153076
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- 0060153075
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