The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (Signed)
by MCPHEE, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 1973. The first edition of this, the author's ninth book -- a book about a new type of aircraft According to the blurb on the flap of the dust jacket, "reads like a spy novel". Tight, clean copy in bright dustwrapper. Inscribed and signed by the author to a fellow New Yorker employee. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- abookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7001804
- Title
- The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed (Signed)
- Author
- MCPHEE, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus Giroux
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Bookseller catalogs
- Addbooks01;
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Blurb
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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