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HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE
by AUSTER, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, (1997). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Advance Reader's Copy in pictorial wraps replicating the dustwrapper. Auster's memoir of his early days of writing along with three of his plays, his baseball novel (originally published as a paperback under the name of Paul Benjamin), and the rules of a baseball game he invented. INSCRIBED "For Darlene" and SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020447
- Title
- HAND TO MOUTH. A CHRONICLE OF EARLY FAILURE
- Author
- AUSTER, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Holt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1997)
- Keywords
- Signed, Modern First Editions, Memoir, Modern Firsts, Baseball Fiction, Autobiography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baseball Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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