Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters
by Annie Dillard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060150300
- ISBN 13
- 9780060150303
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Stated First Edition, First Printing. Book in Good condition, some yellowing of pages, otherwise clean and tight. Dust jacket in Good condition, mild wear on corners and edges, single ~1 1/2" tear in top center of front jacket - Brodart dust jacket protector in place.
Synopsis
Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18812
- Title
- Teaching a Stone to Talk
- Author
- Annie Dillard
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060150300
- ISBN 13
- 9780060150303
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 177
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- nature, adventure, expedition, vintage, 1982, nature writing, essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature/Outdoors;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
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- Brodart
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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