The Gift
by H. D. [Hilda Doolittle]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0811208532
- ISBN 13
- 9780811208536
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1982. A "novelistic memoir of childhood" by the poet, recollecting her girlhood in Pennsylvania, written in London during World War Two, but not published until 1982. First edition (first printing), "First published clothbound ... in 1982". Small hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, base of spine lightly bumped; jacket edges a bit tanned. Text clean; xv, [3], 142 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- v0854
- Title
- The Gift
- Author
- H. D. [Hilda Doolittle]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0811208532
- ISBN 13
- 9780811208536
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Memoir, Autobiography, Pennsylvania
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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