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Whistling in the Dark: True Stories and Other Fables
by Garrett, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151913137
- ISBN 13
- 9780151913138
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1992. BI2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with very, very light bumping on the bottom right corners of the front and back boards plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there is a remainder mark on the top outside paper edges plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with library labels on the spine and on the back plus the front and back endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. A collection of short stories based on the author's rewriting of his personal experiences as well as those of others near to him. The author is a winner of the T. S. Elioit Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, and the Hollins Medal. by the author of "King of the Mountain," "In the Briar Patch," "An Evening Performance," "The Finished Man," "The succession," "Poison Pen," "The Reverend Ghost," "The Sleeping Gypsy, and "Luck's Shining Child." 225p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW10342
- Title
- Whistling in the Dark: True Stories and Other Fables
- Author
- Garrett, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151913137
- ISBN 13
- 9780151913138
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Fiction Literary Literature Short Fiction Short Story Short Stories Autobiographical Story Autobiographical Stories Autobiographical Fiction Memoir Autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Short Stories; Literature / Literary Short Stories; Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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