Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing from July, 1956, printed for Houghton Mifflin by The Riverside Press. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Light teal paper covers, a bit sunned, bumping to spine head and foot, very light wear to edges. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear, a short, closed tear at rear panel bottom, chipping to spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat, not being price-clipped, and with a fine black-and-white photograph of the author at rear panel. Eight short stories, including the frequently anthologized "The Blue Winged Teal" and "Field Guide to the Western Birds." 206 pp. and dust jacket illustration by Edward Sweet.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Bookseller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 351506
Title: The City of the Living
Author: Stegner, Wallace
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Date Published: 1956
Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Wallace Stegner short stories

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