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The Astronomer and Other Stories [Inscribed]
by BETTS, Doris
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Black cloth in blue dust jacket; [viii],[244]pp. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Brochure for the 1967 North Carolina Writers' Form laid in. Near Fine, with gentle shelfwear. Jacket lightly rubbed with one or two small chips, mild dustiness to rear panel Very Good or better. North Carolina short story author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60145
- Title
- The Astronomer and Other Stories [Inscribed]
- Author
- BETTS, Doris
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- North Carolina author; Northa Carolina writer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Inscribed
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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