The Water is Wide
by CONROY, Pat
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in original orange cloth, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, binding slightly rolled, and good only
- ISBN 10
- 039513644X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395136447
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good in original orange cloth, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, binding slightly rolled, and good only pictorial dust jacket, chipping to spinal extremities with some external tape repair and general fading.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 306 pp. Suite of black & white reproductions of photographs by William and Paul Keyserling. Conroy's first book, illustrating his experience as a teacher on Yamacraw Island off the coast of South Carolina.
Synopsis
Pat Conroy is the bestselling author of The Water is Wide, The Great Santini, The Lords of Discipline, The Prince of Tides, Beach Music, and My Losing Season . He lives in Fripp Island, South Carolina.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bagatelle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 993
- Title
- The Water is Wide
- Author
- CONROY, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in original orange cloth, previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, binding slightly rolled, and good only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039513644X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395136447
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1972
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bagatelle Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2019
Asheville, North Carolina
About Bagatelle Books, IOBA
We are a brick-and-mortar independent bookstore in West Asheville, North Carolina.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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