Losing Battles: First Edition
by Eudora Welty
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
1970 Random House First Edition trade hardcover format. "First Edition" appears on copyright. Not remainder marked, dj not price clipped($7.95). Top edge of dj sunned, else dj is in excellent condition with no rips & now housed in Brodart protective sleeve. Date stamp on ffep, else pages clean, unmarked & bright. Green cloth covered boards square, top edge sunned; gold design on front board & lettering on spine fine. Binding firm & straight.
Synopsis
Set in Mississippi during the Great Depression, Losing Battles is a collection of Eudora Welty stories are told by three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants as they gather to celebrate her 90th birthday and swap their tales.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jonny8books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio1135
- Title
- Losing Battles
- Author
- Eudora Welty
- Format/Binding
- Trade hardcover format
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Pages
- 436
- Size
- 9x6x2inch
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Family reunions -- Fiction. Grandmothers -- Fiction. Older women -- Fiction.
Terms of Sale
jonny8books
7 working days for refunds / returns. Full refund minus my shipping costs.
About the Seller
jonny8books
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About jonny8books
I'm into anything old, unusual or cool & Regional interests around the Memphis area.
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- Fine
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- Sunned
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...