French Girls Are Vicious and Other Stories (first edition in dust jacket)
by James T. Farrell
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Vanguard Press, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. First edition (no statement or additional printings as is correct). Fine in very good dust jacket, modest spine fade and shallow wear at the spine extremities and folds, soiling to the rear panel. Hardcover. 177 pp. Collection of Farrell's short stories whose protagonists include American expatriates, intellectuals imbibing drugs and disallusionment, a simple Italian workingman acting as host to an American visitor, and the charming title French girl whose emotions are refreshingly vivid.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E22327
- Title
- French Girls Are Vicious and Other Stories (first edition in dust jacket)
- Author
- James T. Farrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- literature, short stories, anthology, french, expatriates, italy
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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