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Looking Back; A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties
by Maynard, Joyce
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385029721
- ISBN 13
- 9780385029728
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed and with a drawing by Maynard on the title page. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), lightly toned and soiled, some small bumps and creases to the edges and corners. Blue cloth, rubbed at the edges and some fraying at the top, with gilt and red ink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally. Maynard's memoir written during her time having an affair with J.D. Salinger.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9306
- Title
- Looking Back; A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties
- Author
- Maynard, Joyce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385029721
- ISBN 13
- 9780385029728
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Writing, American Literature, Modern Literature, New Yorker, J.D. Salinger, Me Too, Counterculture, Coming of Age
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Cloth
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