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Some Instructions (to My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood)
by Crawford, Stanley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394428358
- ISBN 13
- 9780394428352
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. 1st Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 177 pp. Slight lean to spine, head and heel of spine and edges of boards sunned, page edges tanned, top edge dusty with a couple of faint small spots. Jacket sunned at spine and folds, edgeworn, with chipping mainly at head of spine and two short closed tears at rear upper edge, front flap creased. First edition.
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- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012500
- Title
- Some Instructions (to My Wife Concerning the Upkeep of the House and Marriage, and to My Son and Daughter Concerning the Conduct of Their Childhood)
- Author
- Crawford, Stanley
- Format/Binding
- Cloth-Backed Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0394428358
- ISBN 13
- 9780394428352
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Crane's Bill Books
Returnable if not as described.
About the Seller
Crane's Bill Books
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Crane's Bill Books
An online source for out-of-print, unusual and hard-to-find books on a wide range of subjects. Owned and operated by Jeffrey Lee, a longtime bookseller in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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- Chipping
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- Jacket
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