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The Clock Winder
by Tyler, Anne
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. This quality BOMC book is in Fine, unread condition, with a Fine dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. (Click on photo.) This is Anne Tyler's fourth novel, in which she creates the eccentric Emerson family of Baltimore and the unusual girl who drifts into their lives. The book is bound in light green speckled boards with a deep green spine cloth and die-stamped gilt spine lettering. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 5/8 inches and includes 312 pages.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Anne Tyler is the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Breathing Lessons , and many other acclaimed works of fiction. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post , and Harper's . She lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with her husband and two children.
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Details
- Seller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 001524
- Title
- The Clock Winder
- Author
- Tyler, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- American Literature, General Fiction, Women's Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Fiction; American Literature; Women's Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BOMC
- Book-of-the-Month Club These are popular books republished and sold at a discounted price by one of these many clubs, the...
- 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....
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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