ON BOXING
by Oates, Joyce Carol
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Dolphin/Doubleday. Very Good. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in brown cloth, with gilt stamping to the upper cover and spine, in a dust jacket with light soiling and light edge-wear. The covers show a touch of light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean, with illustrations. This book is signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the half title-page. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio - known to many of his bookseller, author, and illustrator friends as "Tubby." He was persistent in the pursuit of autographed books by the writers and artists he admired, including Gorey, Sendak, Heaney, Byatt, Morrison, Updike and many more. Joseph Heller once wrote to Tubby in response to one more "please sign and return" request: "This is turning out to be a hell of a lot of work!" All signed books unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic. Many of the books are inscribed to both Cuthbert and his great friend of more than two decades Antonia Gale Moss. .
Synopsis
A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76317
- Title
- ON BOXING
- Author
- Oates, Joyce Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dolphin/Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Joyce Carol Oates, Signed, Fighting, Boxing
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
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