Old Pines And Other Stories.
by Boyd, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1952). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, forest green cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 165pp. Photograph of author on rear dust jacket panel. The first collection of the author's short stories about the South. Fine in dust jacket with minor edgewear and a knuckle sized chip at top of spine and 1/2" tape repair at same location. A very fresh, clean tight volume in a very good or better dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 02106
- Title
- Old Pines And Other Stories.
- Author
- Boyd, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, (1952).
- Keywords
- NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL, SOUTHERN, BOYD, SHORT STORIES, GOTHIC, HORROR, FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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- Fine
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