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Farthing's Fortunes
by Wright, Richard B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0689107560
- ISBN 13
- 9780689107566
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1976. A richly told tale in which we see our hero ( seduced at fifteen by his amorous guardian ) fleeing rural Canada to set forth on a lifelong journey of adventure accompanied by his irrepressible companion Cass Findlater, perhaps the last of the great American entrepreneurs. Lime green boards with wine cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Blue endpapers. Two bottom corners show bruising. Illustrated jacket has light edgewear and small crease to top front panel. Price intact. Author won the Faber Fiction Award in England in 1973.. First Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A1005
- Title
- Farthing's Fortunes
- Author
- Wright, Richard B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Stated
- ISBN 10
- 0689107560
- ISBN 13
- 9780689107566
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Modern Firsts Canadian Author ISBN 0-689-10756-0 Faber Award Winner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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