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Good News
by Abbey, Edward
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1980): E.P. Dutton. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. Signed by Abbey of the front free endpaper. The author's sixth novel, a story of an imaginary world, a look at the nightmare future after the energy companies, bankers and industrialists have brought the West to ruin. 242pp., bound in beige paper covered boards backed in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt. Just a touch of fading to board edges, near fine in near fine clipped pictorial dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021754
- Title
- Good News
- Author
- Abbey, Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1980)
- Keywords
- First Edition 1st Dust Jacket Industrialists Fuel Companies
Terms of Sale
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
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