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Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness
by Sullivan, William L
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ SIGNED by author on half title page. Very slight creasing to back of DJ and the hint of a pencil mark on the side of the text block, but otherwise flawless. Not price clipped, not remaindered, not ex lib. No creases, markings or tears. Maps. Illustrations. List of supplies and hiking gear. 239 pages.
Synopsis
In August 1985, William Sullivan left his family to take a 1,300-mile walk across Oregon, experiencing all that the state forests had to offer. This travel journal, memoir, and regional history book documenting his journey has not been added to the Oregon trail plan, called the "New Oregon Trail."
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- Bookseller
- William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000305
- Title
- Listening for Coyote: A Walk Across Oregon's Wilderness
- Author
- Sullivan, William L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William Morrow and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 239
- Keywords
- Memoir, travel, hiking, northwest
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
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Greenwood, South Carolina
About William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts specializes in modern poetry and southern history, with an emphasis on first and signed editions.
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