Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing (stated). . Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall in tan cloth w/stamped author's name. REVIEW COPY w/publisher's slip laid-in. Near Fine book in Very Good unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Corners curled, else book About Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn w/chipped top front panel and spine tips. Engaging, humorous esays culled from 13 years of the southwest novelist's weekly newspaper column for 'The New Mexican' newspaper, "talking to myself in print" as he put it. xxi, 246pp, Introduction by Editor, Winfield Townley Scott. Uncommon as Review Copy. Scan on request.

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Bookseller: Basement Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14555
Title: The Man With the Calabash Pipe; Some Observations
Author: La Farge, Oliver
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition, First Printing (stated).
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press
Place of Publication: Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1966
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: SOUTHWEST U NONFICTION NEWSPAPER JOURNALISM ESSAYS ANTHOLOGY SINGLE AUTHOR
Bookseller catalogs: Non-fiction; Western Americana;

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