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Amos Jackman
by Doan, Daniel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
USA: Beacon Press, 1957. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book and Vintage Dust Jacket in Good Condition. A story set in the early thirties in Whichertown, New Hampshire. Among the abandoned farms, a wealthy summer resident has built an expensive log cabin. Amos Jackman brings his family and friends there-and his daughter, Joan. He shows part of a pattern of life 35 years ago in this small town, to record a vanished type of life. The story is written by a man whose passion for the hill country goes deeper than words. The book is clean and unmarked, in rust-colored full cloth, with slight edgewear and a slight lean to the spine. Binding is tight and solid. Prev owner bookplate on paste-down. Rough cut. Pages clean, free from any markings, no creases. Vintage jacket is clean and unmarked, corners and spine head chipped, small diagonal piece missing from spine heel. Has nice appearance. Note from previous reader on rear endpaper. 281 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Beacon Press, beacon Hill, Boston, MA 1957.
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Details
- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 019329
- Title
- Amos Jackman
- Author
- Doan, Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- QUARTZ MOUNTAINS; HILL COUNTRY; NEW HAMPSHIRE;
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About the Seller
The Parnassus BookShop
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Newport, Washington
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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