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A Generous Man (A Novel)
by Price, Reynolds
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
U.S.A: Atheneum, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. A comic novel of great brilliance, a deceptively profound study of the passing into manhood, set in rural North Carolina with the Mustian family on an epic hunt with Milo, the protagonist, his grandfather, a carnival girl, a sheriff, his deputies and two reluctant bloodhounds--and the hunt is on! Clean and unmarked forest green full cloth with gold titles.Tips of corners and some edges are rubbed. Binding is tight and solid with a very slight lean to spine. Rough cut on fore edge and bottom edge. Internals are completely clean, free from any marks, no creases. Jacket is chipped at spine head and heel, light wear to some corners. 275 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 1966, Atheneum, New York, New York, USA
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 018512
- Title
- A Generous Man (A Novel)
- Author
- Price, Reynolds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1966
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- HUMOR; YOUTH; FAMILIES; MANHOOD;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Adventure;
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Edges
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