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Virgins and Other Endangered Species : A Memoir
by Straus, Dorothea (signed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1559210907
- ISBN 13
- 9781559210904
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Wakefield, Rhode Island & London: Moyer Bell, 1993. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the half title (see photos). Near Fine condition in a Near Fine dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped ($16.95). Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. A collection of the author's remembrances -- of Lillian Hellman, Martha Graham, Marguerite Yourcenar, Jerzy Kosinski, well-to-do generations of German-Jews, etc. Bound in the original black cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "We meet the nannies and friends. We go to Europe and college. We are transported to bygone times... In this compelling collection of autobiographical remembrances, Dorothea Straus, inspired by her admitted guru, Marcel Proust... looks back on her life in her own search for lost time. And though time may be fleeting, the poignant portraits painted in this rich prismatic book hold fast.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. 8vo. viii, 222pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015176
- Title
- Virgins and Other Endangered Species : A Memoir
- Author
- Straus, Dorothea (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition (so stated)
- ISBN 10
- 1559210907
- ISBN 13
- 9781559210904
- Publisher
- Moyer Bell
- Place of Publication
- Wakefield, Rhode Island & London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography;
- Size
- 8vo. viii, 222pp
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
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- Price Clipped
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- Crisp
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- Remainder Mark
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- Spine
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