NY: Knopf, 1975. Publisher's remainder device to bottom edge. Light wear to dustwrapper at spine ends. Overall, a tight, clean copy of the first edition of the author's first book. With a dustwrapper blurb by John Gardner. Five of these stories first appeared in The New Yorker. Laid in is a bookplate Inscribed, Signed and Dated (11/28/03) by the author. . AUTHOR-SIGNED Bookplate. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

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Bookseller: abookshop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006796
Title: A Dove of the East and Other Stories
Author: HELPRIN, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: VG++
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0394496590
ISBN 13: 9780394496597
Publisher: Knopf
Place of Publication: NY
Date Published: 1975
Keywords: Short Stories
Bookseller catalogs: Short Stories;

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