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The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier
by Green, Michelle
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060165715
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165710
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition in addition to complete number line including number one. Maroon boards with black spine cloth in fine condition. Gold lettering on spine. Text block clean and tight. 16 pages of black & white photographs. Side edge of text block uncut. DJ clean, crisp, slightly age toned on white of flaps and in likewise fine condition. Not price clipped. * From WorldCat Summary, ""A portrait of post-war literary Tangier, featuring characters such as Truman Capote, Jack Kerouac and Barbara Hutton. At the center of this decadent expatriate community were Paul and Jane Bowles, who reveled in the atmosphere of a city which promised unconventional pleasures.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000457
- Title
- The Dream at the End of the World: Paul Bowles and the Literary Renegades in Tangier
- Author
- Green, Michelle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060165715
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165710
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Paul Bowles - Homes and Haunts - Morocco - Tangier, Paul Bowles - Friends and Associates, Americans - Morocco - Tangier - History - 20th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Classics & Essays;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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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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