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Get Home Free
by [Larry McMurtry] John Clellon Holmes
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Extremities gently rubbed; foxed to boards, top edge, and endpapers; slight offsetting to front free endpaper; foxing and soilin
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Extremities gently rubbed; foxed to boards, top edge, and endpapers; slight offsetting to front free endpaper; foxing and soiling on top edge, small stain to lower fore-edge; jacket sunned, creased, and soiled. Very good. LMM-212.
John Clellon Holmes. Get Home Free. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1964. First edition.
Octavo. 253pp. Publisher's black quarter cloth over yellow hardcover boards, stamped in yellow to spine, original unclipped dust jacket designed by Paul Bacon, listing price $4.50.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 212
- Title
- Get Home Free
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] John Clellon Holmes
- Book Condition
- Used - Extremities gently rubbed; foxed to boards, top edge, and endpapers; slight offsetting to front free endpaper; foxing and soilin
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Novels
Terms of Sale
InkQ Rare Books LLC
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
Biblio member since 2024
Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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- First Edition
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- E.P.
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- Spine
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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