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The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing
by William [Keepers] Maxwell
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Stated First Edition. Teal cloth stamped in silver. Cloth shows light fading along spine edge of front cover, else fine throughout. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket illustrated by Ilonka Karasz. Dust jacket not price clipped (3.95); in an archival mylar sleeve. Twenty-nine tales by William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. (1908-2000), American novelist, essayist, and the fiction editor for The New Yorker from 1936 to 1975.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015460
- Title
- The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing
- Author
- William [Keepers] Maxwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- short stories, fiction,
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2013
Portland, Oregon
About Boyd Used & Rare Books
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- Cloth
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