Man with the Calabash Pipe, The: Some Observations
by La Farge, Oliver. Edited and with an Introduction by Winfield Townley Scott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good DJ
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 8vo, 246 pp. Columns from the Santa Fe New Mexican. Covers slightly sunned, top edge dusty, page edges tanned. Jacket has a couple of tiny chips at head of spine panel and folds.
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- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5660
- Title
- Man with the Calabash Pipe, The: Some Observations
- Author
- La Farge, Oliver. Edited and with an Introduction by Winfield Townley Scott
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- , New Mexico , Southwest , ,
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