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On Boxing
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Ranard, John. 8vo. [8], 118 pp. Bound in full brown cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine, in cream dust jacket printed in brown, red and gray, with black and white cover photograph. Black and white photographs by John Ranard throughout. Near Fine bright, clean copy, with minor rubbing to cloth of lower front and rear covers, in Very Good+ dust jacket with minor soiling.
Synopsis
A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002978
- Title
- On Boxing
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Illustrator
- Ranard, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385238908
- ISBN 13
- 9780385238908
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
Terms of Sale
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- Fine
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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