Blow Up a Storm
by Kanin, Garson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Good/Collectible-Fair
- Seller
-
Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1959. Signed and inscribed to William Stanhope by the author on the half title page. 8.25x5.5 inches. 337 pages. White dust jacket with brown and black lettering. White dust jacket spine with green and black lettering. Former Air Force library copy, card slot in rear, remnants of plastic jacket covering spots on front and rear endpaper. Black adhesive remnants on dust jacket edges. A seemingly casual telephone call catapaults the narrator back into a turbulent past, reliving his days in jazz when he was part of the the joyous birth, the exciting growth, and the agonizing death of a band. . By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/Collectible-Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 141332
- Title
- Blow Up a Storm
- Author
- Kanin, Garson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Good
- Jacket Condition
- Collectible-Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autographed;
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About the Seller
Popeks Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2003
Oneonta, New York
About Popeks Books, IOBA
Store located at 356 Main Street in Otego, NY
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- Jacket
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