The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches & Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies [Two volumes in slipcase]
by Frame, Janet
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: George Braziller. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. "Snowman Snowman" with a couple of small 6mm tears at head of dust-jacket spine. Some rubbing and fading to slipcase. ; Both volumes signed by the author in blue ink on front free endpaper "Janet Frame". Both volumes also with a previous owner's name on front endpaper " C J Booth / 29/4/74". Two volumes of short stories, with printed slipcase. First edition. A selection of stories from these two volumes was later published in New Zealand as a single volume with the title "The Reservoir and Other Stories". The Reservoir: [x], 182 pages. Snowman, Snowman: [x], 182 pages. Both volumes: white cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 209 x 140mm. ; 8vo; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25529
- Title
- The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches & Snowman Snowman: Fables and Fantasies [Two volumes in slipcase]
- Author
- Frame, Janet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George Braziller
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Good+
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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