The Burning Plain and Other Stories
by Juan Rulfo; George D. Schade [trans.]; Kermit Oliver [illus.]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1967. Very Good +/Very Good +. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1967. First English language edition. Octavo. 175 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange boards stamped in black and gilt; orange endpapers; dark topstain. Edges of dust jacket lightly rubbed, spine sunned, bookseller sticker to rear. Touch of soiling to edges of boards and binding is sound. Touch of foxing to edges of text block but pages otherwise unmarked. Originally published as "El Llano en Llamas" in 1953. A Very Good or better copy.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27561
- Title
- The Burning Plain and Other Stories
- Author
- Juan Rulfo; George D. Schade [trans.]; Kermit Oliver [illus.]
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Place of Publication
- Austin, TX
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
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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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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Text Block
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- Sunned
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...