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The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to DO with the Other
by Percy, Walker
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0374208565
- ISBN 13
- 9780374208561
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. vi + 334 pp, stated 'First printing, 1975'. 15 titled chapters with footnotes, select bibliography. Textblock white edges all around, binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked, paper well-preserved. Orange cloth covered boards 5.7" x 8.5". White DJ unclipped, $8.95, black spine with edge-wear at top. In acetate protector. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008102
- Title
- The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to DO with the Other
- Author
- Percy, Walker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374208565
- ISBN 13
- 9780374208561
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- philosophy of language - symbols - messages - essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM; PHILOSOPHY;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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