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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 (SIGNED)
by Walker Percy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1982. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Signed by the Author. SIGNED. Eighth printing, 1982. Signed by the author on the title page. Hardcover. Bound in orange linen cloth. Covers are plain with gilt lettering on the spine. Contains a bibliography. x, 335 pp. Dust jacket is red, black, orange and yellow against a white background. Except for a previous owner's embossed seal on the title page, and a several very small wear marks at the head's edge, this copy is fine. A beautiful, signed book. Full refund if not satisfied. <br><br>EXCERPT FROM THE DUST JACKET: "For many years Walker Percy has been writing in little-known magazines about language and meaning and existence. 'My recurring interest over the years,' he writes, 'has been the nature of human communication and, in particular, the consequences of man's unique discovery of the symbol.' These writings, now brought together for the first time, make The Message in the Bottle a Provocative and important book.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 070830
- Title
- The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other (SIGNED)
- Author
- Walker Percy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Eighth Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book, Love in the Ruins, The Moviegoer, The Message in the Bottle, Walker Percy
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
Biblio member since 2005
Hendersonville, North Carolina
About Shelley and Son Books
We specialize in books by and about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and their Friends.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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