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Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
by Lopez, Barry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684185784
- ISBN 13
- 9780684185781
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Charles Scribner & Sons, 1986-02-28. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. Signed by Lopez on the title page. Full number line. Strong binding with bumping to the rear bottom corner. A minor bindery imperfection on the rear pastedown and softening to tail of spine. Isolated soiling to leading edge of text block. Corner wear to the bottom of the last 20 or so pages. Gift inscription on FFEP, otherwise text and images unmarked. Dust jacket in a mylar cover. 8vo. 464pp.
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- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPlopARC
- Title
- Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
- Author
- Lopez, Barry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684185784
- ISBN 13
- 9780684185781
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986-02-28
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 35 oz
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
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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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- Title Page
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- Number Line
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- First Edition
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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