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EASY IN THE ISLANDS
by Shacochis, Bob
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0517555492
- ISBN 13
- 9780517555491
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1985. First edition. Very good in very good jacket.. Signed first printing of the author's first book, a collection of his short stories set in the Caribbean that won the National Book Award in the category of First Work of Fiction. 9'' x 6''. Orange cloth spine over red boards. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. [10], 213 pages. Signed by Shacochis on half title page: "Bob Shacochis / June, 1987 / The Outer Banks." Light foxing to rear panel and jacket verso; moderate foxing to text block edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44108
- Title
- EASY IN THE ISLANDS
- Author
- Shacochis, Bob
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0517555492
- ISBN 13
- 9780517555491
- Publisher
- Crown Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1980s,Caribbean,US American
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2020
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Type Punch Matrix
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