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How It Feels When a Parent Dies
by Krementz, Jill
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0394519116
- ISBN 13
- 9780394519111
- Seller
-
Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 111pp. 6.25" x 8.75". Quarter bound paper and cloth over boards, gilt on spine. Book has been signed and inscribed ("For Joan and Alden / with love / from / Jill Krementz / May 12th 1981) on the first free endpaper. Author's initials stamped on front boards. Book is a stated First Edition with no additional printings mentioned. Book is straight and shows some minor shelf wear with upper edges sklightly tanned; lower corners slightly bumped. Dustjacket shows minor wear to edges and is protected with a Brodart cover. Interior edges of book jacket are tanned as are the two flaps. Rear of jacket is very tanned and there is a vertical area corresponding to the rear boards that show extra tanning. Top edge of text block shows foxing. Small tear on rear upper edge of dustjacket has been neatly repaired. The author has done interviews and taken photos of 18 children who have lost a parent. Jill Krementz was best known for her photography of authors for their book jackets and other publications. Gordon Parks did her portrait for this book. She's also the wife of the late Kurt Vonnegut.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0003282
- Title
- How It Feels When a Parent Dies
- Author
- Krementz, Jill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394519116
- ISBN 13
- 9780394519111
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction;
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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