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A Trojan Ending
by [Larry McMurtry] Laura Riding
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Binding with very light shelf wear, spine ends lightly bumped. Title page design element offset to facing page and bleed through
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Binding with very light shelf wear, spine ends lightly bumped. Title page design element offset to facing page and bleed through to verso; dust jacket with light edge wear, small paper chips, lightly toned. Very good. LMM-207.
Laura Riding. A Trojan Ending. New York: Random House, [1937]. First edition.
Octavo. 426pp. Publisher's red cloth with circular design stamped in black on front cover and black lettering to spine in unclipped illustrated dust jacket, listing price $2.50.
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 207
- Title
- A Trojan Ending
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry] Laura Riding
- Book Condition
- Used - Binding with very light shelf wear, spine ends lightly bumped. Title page design element offset to facing page and bleed through
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
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Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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