The Green Child
by Read, Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: New Directions/James Laughlin, 1948. 194pp. Lime Green boards.black lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the front flyleaf. Tape remnants on the front and rear pastedowns, and on the bottom edges of the panels. Unclipped pictorial jacket (Alvin Lustig design) has small chips along the extremiteis, offsetting to the front panel. There is tape running vertically down the edges of the front and rear panels. in mylar sleeve. "It is a Utopian novel, a unique blend of reality and fantasy which moves from the English countryside to the South American pampas and then to a mysterious and eternal underground of caves.". First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034244
- Title
- The Green Child
- Author
- Read, Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- New Directions/James Laughlin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Lustig Novel Utopian Fantasy South America
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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