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DOWN THE AMERICAN RIVER AND OTHER STORIES
by Ignatow, Rose Graubart
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0914278274
- ISBN 13
- 9780914278276
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Providence, RI: Copper Beech Press, 1979.. 1979.. Good. iNSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROSE GRAUBART IGNATOW - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial wrappers. The binding is very lightly bumped with the spine & extremities a bit darkened & with some small stains & light foxing. 113 pages. The edges of the book are lightly foxed, else the contents are very good. Good. <p>First edition of the author's first book.<p>Inscribed by the author on the half-title and signed "Rose".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26147
- Title
- DOWN THE AMERICAN RIVER AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- Ignatow, Rose Graubart
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0914278274
- ISBN 13
- 9780914278276
- Publisher
- Providence, RI: Copper Beech Press, 1979.
- Place of Publication
- Providence
- Date Published
- 1979.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES; AMERICAN AUTHOR; ROSE GRAUBART IGNATOW; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; DOWN THE AMERICAN RIVER AND OTHER STORIES; FIRST BOOK; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- 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....
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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