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LOSING BATTLES
by Welty, Eudora (SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Surprise, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY EUDORA WELTY ON A BOOKPLATE WITH MATCHING TREE DESIGN without personalization. 436(1)pp. Bound in green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt depicting a tree, spine lettering and rules in gilt, top edge orange; front pastedown with a binder's flaw (corner clipped); a near fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, Losing Battles is a collection of Eudora Welty stories are told by three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants as they gather to celebrate her 90th birthday and swap their tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4983
- Title
- LOSING BATTLES
- Author
- Welty, Eudora (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
We specialize in Rare and Antiquarian First Editions, Literature, Americana, Important Manuscripts and Historic Autographs.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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