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Contraries: Studies in German Literature
by HAMBURGER, MICHAEL
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good only. Spine cocked, with some soiling to covers. Binding otherwise sound. Lacking dust jacket.
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good only. Spine cocked, with some soiling to covers. Binding otherwise sound. Lacking dust jacket.. 8vo. 5.75 x 8.375 in. vii, 367 pp. Original orange cloth. From the library of Univ. of Dallas Classics Professor Karl Maurer, with his ownership signature in pencil to front flyleaf, and light marginalia throughout.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1319
- Title
- Contraries: Studies in German Literature
- Author
- HAMBURGER, MICHAEL
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good only. Spine cocked, with some soiling to covers. Binding otherwise sound. Lacking dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
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- Cocked
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- Marginalia
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