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Ida M'Toy
by WELTY, Eudora
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0252007603
- ISBN 13
- 9780252007606
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Urbana: University of Illinois, 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. Red cloth gilt. One of 350 numbered copies Signed by Welty. Spine the slightest bit toned, else a fine copy. A portrait of a Mississippi midwife and shop owner originally published in 1942. Additionally this copy is Inscribed by Welty to George Bixby, who published Welty's essays *A Pageant of Birds* and *A Sweet Devouring* in his Albondocani Press series: "For George Bixby with my best wishes, Eudora Welty." A nice association.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 574828
- Title
- Ida M'Toy
- Author
- WELTY, Eudora
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0252007603
- ISBN 13
- 9780252007606
- Publisher
- University of Illinois
- Place of Publication
- Urbana
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- SouthernAuthor/Interest, AssociationCopy
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Quarto
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