The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
by Oscar Zeta Acosta
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. Very Good/Very Good. San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. Later printing. Octavo. 199 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with "$7.00" price present. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn with moderate wrinkling. Boards lightly shelfworn with slight lean. Binding is sound. Touch of foxing to edges of text block but pages otherwise unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of an early reprint.
Synopsis
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo is the first novel by Oscar Zeta Acosta and it focuses on his own self-discovery in a fictionalized manner. An autobiography, the plot presents an alienated lawyer of Mexican descent, who works in an Oakland, California antipoverty agency, without any sense of purpose or identity.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28088
- Title
- The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
- Author
- Oscar Zeta Acosta
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Straight Arrow Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1972
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...