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by Caldwell, Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. "Native Hunnicutt, radio repair man of Palmyra [...], had never given much thought to the problem of 'segregation' - a word seldom heard in a town where it was practised unquestioningly and totally. Although he observed and believed in the usual barriers between white and black, Native, like most of his friends, indulged in the nocturnal custom of 'race-mixing.' " Ships same or next business day. Bookplate of noted collector, Rolland Comstock, on paste-down endpaper. Book's spine is slightly loose, minimal edge wear, small bumps on both ends of spine, light soiling on edges, rough rub on top right corner of free endpaper. Pages are tight, bright, and clean. Dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. DJ has minimal edge wear, tanned, price-clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Good Books In The Woods
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3744
- Title
- Close to Home
- Author
- Caldwell, Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Edges
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Bookplate
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- Good+
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- Jacket
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