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The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories
by Welty, Eudora
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Dover, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Stated first edition. Second state with five copyright dates and the title page appearing to be tipped in. Blue green paper covered boards with a green cloth spine. In unclipped jacket. 207 pp. A collection of short stories by this acclaimed Southern author. GOOD condition. Heavy uneven browning to the jacket, with minor soiling, scuffing and staining. Several chips and tears along the extremities. Book faded, with minor edgewear. Light toning to the paper in the interior.
Synopsis
This collection combines stories set in Welty's special province, the rural South, with stories having a European locale. This gives a wider range to her fiction and demonstrates the remarkable talent of one of the finest short-story writers of our time. "Humorous, piquant, graceful" (Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Sewanee Review).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mare Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011670
- Title
- The Bride of the Innisfallen and Other Stories
- Author
- Welty, Eudora
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
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- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Mare Booksellers
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Dover, New Hampshire
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Glossary
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- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Jacket
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- 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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