Life After Mississippi
by AUTRY, James A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0916242595
- ISBN 13
- 9780916242596
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
Item Price
A$24.34A$19.47
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About This Item
Oxford, Mississippi: Yoknapatawpha Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0916242595 . A first edition of James Autrey's book of memories from his childhood in Mississippi and his later life in the world of corporate publishing. The memories are expressed in the form of poems, and are accompanied by numerous black & white Lola Mae Autry photos showing people and scenes from the author's life, principally from his childhood in Mississippi. Includes an introduction by Willie Morris. --- In full cream cloth-covered boards with spine titling in dark brown. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with front panel photo of a man and what appears to be a crow in silhouette. --- With prior owner's signature & sticker adhesive residue to front free endpaper, else a tightly-bound, newish copy. Price-clipped jacket also in great shape, though with retailer's back-panel sticker & a little rubbing.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (6), 88 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87672
- Title
- Life After Mississippi
- Author
- AUTRY, James A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0916242595
- ISBN 13
- 9780916242596
- Publisher
- Yoknapatawpha Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0916242595
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry; >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
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Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.