U.S.A: Little Brown & Co, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Winner of the National Book Award. First Printing. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Handsome binding of green cloth with yellow titles on spine, clean and unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Page block edges clean and white, no spotting. Text body fresh and clean, as new. A series of stories about Nora Jane Whittington, who, as a youth, was a runaway hippie, and her up and down life, followed by a series of nine stories entitled "Past", which explore the hazards of recapturing and reviving old affairs. 288 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Little Brown and Co., Boston, MA, 1996.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013596
Title: The Courts of Love: Stories
Author: Gilchrist, Ellen
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0316314781
ISBN 13: 9780316314787
Publisher: Little Brown & Co
Place of Publication: U.S.A
Date Published: 1996
Size: 8vo - over 7
Keywords: AMERICAN LITERATURE;
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;
X weight: 0 oz

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