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The Berkeley Pit
by Bryant, Dorothy
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0944439616
- ISBN 13
- 9780944439616
- Seller
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Livingston, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Livingston, Montana: Clark City Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Quarto (25.5 cm), pp. 335. Association copy: Signed and inscribed by author to acclaimed novelist Richard S. Wheeler (from his estate) on title page: "For Richard Wheeler / with great admiration / Dorothy Bryant." Gray cloth boards with author's name stamped in silver on upper board, silver titling on spine. Cover design by artist/publisher Russell Chatham and photographer Cody Redmon. A historical novel drawing on the author's family roots in Montana, specifically the mining town of Butte. Wheeler's own historical novel of mining in Butte, The Richard Hill on Earth, was listed among the best fiction of 2011, and received a starred review by Kirkus Reviews. Very slight bumping to bottom of spine and rubbing to back of jacket, else fine.
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- Bookseller
- Elk River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28718
- Title
- The Berkeley Pit
- Author
- Bryant, Dorothy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0944439616
- ISBN 13
- 9780944439616
- Publisher
- Clark City Press
- Place of Publication
- Livingston, Montana
- Date Published
- 2007
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About the Seller
Elk River Books
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Livingston, Montana
About Elk River Books
Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
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- Inscribed
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- Rubbing
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