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Living My Life. TWO VOLUME SET
by Emma Goldman
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Binghamton, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1931. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 14000 shelf. TWO VOLUMES. Stated first edition. Predates the one-volume edition. Exteriors are in poor shape -- ragged gray cloth, volume two has heavily cracked front joint. Both volumes are slightly musty from garage storage. Continuous pagination: volume one, 503; volume two: to page 993 plus index. Not foxed, no underlines or notes. Interior volume two: edges badly stained in blue ink after pg 969 to 993 plus 16-page index. 9-line affectionate lightly stained letter from Goldman to Stella [Ballantine] glued verso front cover of volume one, dated 1931 Paris. Scarce! By the famous Russian-born anarchist who is buried in Illinois.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gil's Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079301
- Title
- Living My Life. TWO VOLUME SET
- Author
- Emma Goldman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- anarchists autobiographies feminists
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gil's Book Loft
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Binghamton, New York
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