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Swanny's Ways
by Katz, Steve
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1557132097
- ISBN 13
- 9781557132093
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Sun and Moon Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Inscribed by Katz opposite the title page. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), rubbed at the edges. Blue cloth, rubbed at the bottom edge. Square, front hinge weak from being opened for the inscription, firmly bound otherwise. The final volume in Katz's trilogy consisting of Wier & Pouce and Florry of Washington Heights, a collection of works in the same vein as James Farrell's Studs Lonigan trilogy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8424
- Title
- Swanny's Ways
- Author
- Katz, Steve
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1557132097
- ISBN 13
- 9781557132093
- Publisher
- Sun and Moon Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 20th Century Literature, Gang, Violence, Counterculture, Romance, American Literature
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Hinge
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